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Special Marine Warning for Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA; Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island

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For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... At 421 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Smith Island to near Deep Hole to Saint Inigoes Creek, moving east at 35 knots....

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Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.

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For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... At 421 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Smith Island to near Deep Hole to Saint Inigoes Creek, moving east at 35 knots. 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... Hooper Island Light, Smith Island, Deep Hole, Nanticoke River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, Ewell, Tangier Sound, Honga River, Point No Point, Bivalve, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, and Deal Island.

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  1. Update

    Special Marine Warning issued July 21 at 4:21PM EDT until July 21 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC

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  2. Alert

    Special Marine Warning issued July 21 at 3:52PM EDT until July 21 at 5:15PM 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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