Special Marine Warning for Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
Official alert fields
What you need to know
- Effective
- Ended
- Official severity
- Severe
- Official urgency
- Immediate
- Official certainty
- Likely
What is happening
SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... * Until 300 AM EDT. * At 223 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Smith Island to near Tangier Island,...
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... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... * Until 300 AM EDT. * At 223 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Smith Island to near Tangier Island, moving east at 50 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... Crisfield.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued July 22 at 2:24AM EDT until July 22 at 3:00AM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Official revision
Source and limitations
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.
- CAP status
- Actual
- Message type
- Alert
- Last collected