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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
639 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 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...
  Chester River to Queenstown MD...
  Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River...
  Eastern Bay...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 639 PM EDT, a gust front was located along a line extending 
  from 11 nm west of Fort Smallwood State Park to Key Bridge to 12 
  nm northwest of Leesylvania State Park, moving southeast at 30 
  knots. Behind this gust front are some stronger thunderstorms.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by 
           suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.

* Locations impacted include...
  Kent Narrows Bridge, Chester River, Eastern Bay, Blackwalnut Point,
  Greenbury Point, Shady Side, Herring Bay, Highland Beach, Severn
  River, Bloody Point Light, Thomas Point Light, Poplar Island,
  Parsons Island, Chesapeake Beach, North Beach, Romancoke,
  Matapeake, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, James Island, and Knapps Narrows
  Bridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 7635 3867 7634 3878 7629 3871 7627
      3872 7627 3875 7624 3874 7624 3857 7631
      3853 7625 3844 7646 3870 7655 3898 7649
      3901 7632 3884 7637 3886 7636 3895 7631
      3892 7625 3902 7630 3906 7623 3900 7617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 318DEG 28KT 3911 7673 3889 7708 3872 7746 

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

BRO