Special Marine Warning issued December 31 at 6:03PM EST until December 31 at 7:30PM EST by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC

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Dec 31, 2024

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…
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…
Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD…
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island…

At 602 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 nm east of Tidal Basin to 9 nm west of Chesapeake
Beach to 9 nm west of Broomes Island to near Colonial Beach, moving
northeast at 40 knots.

HAZARD…Wind gusts in excess of 48 knots and small hail.

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, Magothy River, Rock Hall,
Dobbins Island, Blackwalnut Point, Pooles Island, Cuckold Creek,
Herring Bay, Gunpowder River, Sandy Point State Park, Northeast
River, Bloody Point Light, Thomas Point Light, Calvert Cliffs, Poplar
Island, Pinehurst, Saint Leonard Creek, Fort Smallwood Park, and Hart
Miller Island.

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