Special Marine Warning for Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA; Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA; Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA, Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA
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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 Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 802 PM...
What the bulletin says to do
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southern Maryland...and the adjacent coastal waters. Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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Bulletin details
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... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 802 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm west of Deal Island to Mouth Of The Potomac River to 17 nm northwest of Urbanna Inlet, moving southeast at 20 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... Ewell, Point Lookout, Tangier Sound, Smith Island, Deep Hole, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Nanticoke River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, and Deal Island.
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Special Marine Warning issued August 20 at 8:02PM EDT until August 20 at 9:00PM 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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