Special Marine Warning for Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD
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SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 445 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Key Bridge to near Alexandria to 8 nm northwest of Mason...
What the bulletin says to do
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... Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 445 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Key Bridge to near Alexandria to 8 nm northwest of Mason Neck State Park, moving east at 10 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... Tidal Basin, Fort Washington, Reagan National Airport, Gunston Hall, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Key Bridge, Fort Hunt, National Harbor, and Alexandria.
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Special Marine Warning issued August 6 at 4:45PM EDT until August 6 at 6:15PM 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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