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 900 PM EDT. * At 701 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 19 nm west of Aquia Creek to 28 nm southwest of Potomac Creek,...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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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 900 PM EDT. * At 701 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 19 nm west of Aquia Creek to 28 nm southwest of Potomac Creek, moving east 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, Swan Point, Mathias Point, U.S. 301 Nice Memorial Bridge, Popes Creek, Brent Point, Westmoreland State Park, Fairview Beach, and Colonial Beach.
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Special Marine Warning issued August 6 at 7:01PM EDT until August 6 at 9:00PM 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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