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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC

757 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 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...

  Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD...

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

  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...

  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth

  Island...



* Until 900 PM EDT.



* At 757 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Cuckold

  Creek, moving east at 20 knots.



  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...

  Cuckold Creek, Greenwell State Park, Town Creek, Hooper Island

  Light, Saint Leonard Creek, Drum Point, Flag Harbor, Calvert

  Cliffs, and Solomons Island.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



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LAT...LON 3825 7614 3826 7618 3823 7614 3828 7647

      3839 7657 3842 7652 3834 7643 3835 7643

      3838 7640 3847 7649 3848 7633 3831 7623

      3831 7622 3839 7623 3840 7623 3832 7615

      3833 7620 3832 7620 3830 7612

TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 277DEG 18KT 3838 7644



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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CJL