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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC

739 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2026



The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA...

  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...

  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth

  Island...



* Until 845 PM EDT.



* At 739 PM EDT, gust fronts were located along a line extending from

  near Chesapeake Beach to Breton Bay, moving east at 50 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...

  Greenwell State Park, Hooper Island Light, Smith Island, Crisfield,

  Deep Hole, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Nanticoke River Mouth,

  Southwest Middle Grounds, Deal Island, Ewell, Cuckold Creek, Point

  Lookout, Tangier Sound, Drum Point, Point No Point, Honga River,

  Fishing Bay, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, and Bivalve.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

expected.



&&



LAT...LON 3811 7644 3807 7633 3829 7640 3839 7658

      3836 7639 3832 7642 3836 7618 3822 7604

      3836 7601 3831 7602 3823 7597 3836 7586

      3826 7592 3823 7582 3818 7595 3806 7578

      3806 7580 3790 7590 3789 7624

TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 285DEG 49KT 3866 7646 3820 7670 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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