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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC

636 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2026



The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  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...

  Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD...

  Chester River to Queenstown MD...

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

  Eastern Bay...

  Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor...



* Until 830 PM EDT.



* At 636 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line

  extending from Magothy River to Deale to 11 nm southwest of

  Chesapeake Beach, moving east at 20 knots.



  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.



  SOURCE...Buoy.



  IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by 

           suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.



* Locations impacted include...

  Choptank River, Kent Narrows Bridge, North Point State Park,

  Magothy River, Rock Hall, Chester River, Eastern Bay, Dobbins

  Island, Blackwalnut Point, Pooles Island, Herring Bay, Sandy Point

  State Park, Northeast River, Bloody Point Light, Thomas Point

  Light, Calvert Cliffs, Poplar Island, Parsons Island, Fort

  Smallwood State Park, and Pinehurst.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are

expected.



&&



LAT...LON 3945 7601 3946 7586 3945 7586 3939 7604

      3936 7588 3932 7618 3879 7619 3885 7627

      3875 7634 3859 7605 3861 7627 3836 7625

      3832 7642 3870 7655 3902 7641 3926 7665

      3923 7643 3945 7628 3936 7625 3960 7595

TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 261DEG 21KT 3903 7644 3878 7658 3856 7672 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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