Special Marine Warning for Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA
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SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA... * Until 100 AM EDT. * At 1126 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over White Point Beach, moving east at 15 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or...
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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 Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA... * Until 100 AM EDT. * At 1126 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over White Point Beach, 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... Yeocomico River, Point Lookout, Tall Timbers, Coles Point, Piney Point, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Saint George Island, and Nomini Bay.
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Special Marine Warning issued September 3 at 11:27PM EDT until September 4 at 1:00AM 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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