Special Marine Warning for Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
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What is happening
SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor... * Until midnight EDT. * At 1053 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 23 nm west of Fort Smallwood State Park, moving east at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Full official description
Bulletin details
SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor... * Until midnight EDT. * At 1053 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 23 nm west of Fort Smallwood State Park, moving east at 25 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... Fort Smallwood State Park and North Point State Park.
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Special Marine Warning issued September 3 at 10:53PM EDT until September 4 at 12:00AM 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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