Special Marine Warning for Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD; Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor; Chester River to Queenstown MD
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD, Chester River to Queenstown MD, Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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- Severe
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What is happening
SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD... Chester River to Queenstown MD... Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor... * Until 245 AM EDT. * At 152 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rock...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Full official description
Bulletin details
SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD... Chester River to Queenstown MD... Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor... * Until 245 AM EDT. * At 152 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rock Hall, moving east at 10 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and large hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel. Hail may damage your vessel. * Locations impacted include... Love Point, Pinehurst, Magothy River, Chester River, Baltimore Light, Gibson Island, Bodkin Point, Sevenfoot Knoll, and Kent Narrows Bridge.
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- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued July 27 at 1:52AM EDT until July 27 at 2:45AM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
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Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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