SMWLWX
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for…
Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA…
Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD…
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
Island…
Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA…
Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD…
* Until 800 PM EST.
* At 603 PM EST, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 nm east of U.S. 301 Nice Memorial Bridge to 31 nm
southwest of Westmoreland State Park, moving east at 30 knots.
HAZARD…Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.
* Locations impacted include…
Yeocomico River, Breton Bay, Hooper Island Light, Crisfield,
Southwest Middle Grounds, Deal Island, Ewell, Swan Point, Coltons
Point, Coles Point, Saint George Island, Point No Point, The
Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Saint Clements Bay, Smith Island,
Piney Point, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Deep Hole, and Nanticoke
River Mouth.