Special Marine Warning for Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD

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SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD... * Until 1000 PM EDT. * At 831 PM EDT, a gust front associated with a line of strong thunderstorms was located along a line extending from 6 nm west of Mason Neck State Park to 6 nm northwest of Leesylvania State Park to 10 nm northwest of Quantico, moving southeast at 15 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... Potomac Creek, Widewater, Maryland Point, Nanjemoy Creek, Port Tobacco River, Leesylvania State Park, Smallwood State Park, Quantico, Mathias Point, U.S. 301 Nice Memorial Bridge, Popes Creek, Brent Point, and Fairview Beach.