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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC

405 PM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024



The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD...

  Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River...



* Until 530 PM EDT.



* At 405 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line

  extending from near Tidal Basin to near National Harbor to near

  Fort Washington, 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...

  Blackwalnut Point, Choptank River, Chesapeake Beach, North Beach,

  Knapps Narrows Bridge, and Tilghman Island.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



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LAT...LON 3860 7617 3863 7617 3860 7621 3861 7621

      3863 7624 3860 7627 3859 7654 3870 7655

      3873 7654 3873 7636 3878 7628 3878 7627

      3877 7629 3872 7630 3872 7629 3876 7623

      3868 7621 3861 7606 3860 7605

TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 258DEG 27KT 3893 7699 3877 7694 3865 7702 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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