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Baltimore/Washington - MD, US, National Weather Service

Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD

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... Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Eastern Bay... Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... Until 745 AM EDT. At 608 AM EDT, a wind shift associated with an approaching cold front is located along a line extending from Deale to near Port Tobacco River, moving east at 30 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. Additionally, winds abruptly change direction our of the northwest. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel. Locations impacted include... Choptank River, Hooper Island Light, Knapps Narrows Bridge, Tilghman Island, Blackwalnut Point, Solomons Island, Nanticoke River Mouth, Cuckold Creek, Town Creek, Taylors Island, Drum Point, Honga River, Fishing Bay, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Bivalve, Poplar Island, and Deale. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. HAIL...0.00IN; WIND...>34KTS