XOUS51 KWBC 252353 CAPLWX NWS-IDP-PROD-4411502-3676842 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov 2020-08-25T19:53:00-04:00 Actual Update Public IPAWSv1.0 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,NWS-IDP-PROD-4411470-3676816,2020-08-25T19:37:00-04:00 en-US Met Special Marine Warning Avoid Immediate Severe Likely SAME NWS NationalWeatherService MAW 2020-08-25T19:53:00-04:00 2020-08-25T19:53:00-04:00 2020-08-25T21:00:00-04:00 NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC Special Marine Warning issued August 25 at 7:53PM EDT until August 25 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD... Chester River to Queenstown MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Eastern Bay... Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor... At 752 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Knapps Narrows Bridge, moving east at 40 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 knots. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Boaters could easily be thrown overboard by suddenly higher wind and waves capsizing their vessel. Boats could suffer significant damage in high winds. Locations impacted include... Choptank River, North Point State Park, Chester River, Eastern Bay, Blackwalnut Point, Greenbury Point, Highland Beach, Sandy Point State Park, Severn River, Bloody Point Light, Thomas Point Light, Poplar Island, Parsons Island, Fort Smallwood State Park, Pinehurst, Gibson Island, Bodkin Point, Love Point, Baltimore Light and Dares Beach. Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects. http://www.weather.gov eventMotionDescription 2020-08-25T19:52:00.000-04:00...storm...288DEG...40KT...38.72,-76.3 hailSize 0.00 windGust 50 knots NWSheadline A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT VTEC /O.CON.KLWX.MA.W.0280.000000T0000Z-200826T0100Z/ PIL LWXMWSLWX BLOCKCHANNEL CMAS BLOCKCHANNEL EAS BLOCKCHANNEL NWEM eventEndingTime 2020-08-25T21:00:00-04:00 Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD; Chester River to Queenstown MD; Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD; Eastern Bay; Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor; Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River; Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD 38.63,-76.29 38.57,-76.31 38.53,-76.2 38.46,-76.32 38.54,-76.53 38.98,-76.49 39.02,-76.4 39.29,-76.61 39.18,-76.27 39.03,-76.24 39,-76.17 38.97,-76.25 38.87,-76.2 38.83,-76.3 38.69,-76.35 38.67,-76.34 38.78,-76.28 38.72,-76.3 38.76,-76.23 38.6,-76.05 38.63,-76.29 UGC ANZ532 UGC ANZ539 UGC ANZ533 UGC ANZ540 UGC ANZ538 UGC ANZ541 UGC ANZ531 SAME 073532 SAME 073539 SAME 073533 SAME 073540 SAME 073538 SAME 073541 SAME 073531