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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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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 1245 AM EDT. * At 1119 PM...

What the bulletin says to do

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

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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... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA... * Until 1245 AM EDT. * At 1119 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Saint Clements Bay to 6 nm south of Nomini Bay to 8 nm southwest of Yeocomico River, moving east at 30 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, Piney Point, Crisfield, Deep Hole, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Solomons Island, Nanticoke River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, Ewell, Point Lookout, Tall Timbers, Tangier Sound, Saint George Island, Honga River, Fishing Bay, Point No Point, Bivalve, The Targets, and Richland Point Buoy.

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    Special Marine Warning issued August 22 at 11:19PM EDT until August 23 at 12:45AM 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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