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Special Marine Warning for Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD; Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA; Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD +4 more

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SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD......

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Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

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SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA... Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 732 PM EDT, a gust front was located along a line extending from 7 nm northeast of Port Tobacco River to near Aquia Creek to 23 nm west of Brent Point, moving southeast at 25 knots. This will come with a wind shift to the northwest. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel. * Locations impacted include... Yeocomico River, Breton Bay, Hooper Island Light, Crisfield, Southwest Middle Grounds, Cuckold Creek, Ewell, Coltons Point, Coles Point, Saint George Island, Point No Point, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Greenwell State Park, Saint Leonard Creek, Saint Clements Bay, Smith Island, Piney Point, and Deep Hole.

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    Special Marine Warning issued October 16 at 7:32PM EDT until October 16 at 9:30PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC

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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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