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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC

656 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026



The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD...

  Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD...

  Chester River to Queenstown MD...

  Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor...



* Until 900 AM EDT.



* At 656 AM EDT, gust fronts were located along a line extending from

  19 nm northwest of Havre De Grace to 8 nm northwest of Middle River

  to 11 nm west of Fort Smallwood State Park, moving east at 25

  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...

  Fort Smallwood State Park, Pinehurst, Turkey Point, North Point

  State Park, Hart Miller Island, Gibson Island, Bodkin Point,

  Tolchester Beach, Worton Point, Pooles Island, Spesutie Island,

  Love Point, Gunpowder River, Baltimore Light, Northeast River,

  Sevenfoot Knoll, Rock Hall, Havre De Grace, and Aberdeen Proving

  Ground.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Seek safe shelter, mariners can expect gusty winds and increasing

waves.



&&



LAT...LON 3958 7594 3949 7597 3954 7587 3945 7585

      3940 7601 3936 7588 3937 7611 3917 7628

      3900 7617 3902 7641 3913 7645 3926 7665

      3930 7660 3923 7643 3944 7630 3948 7622

      3937 7622 3945 7609 3954 7611

TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 279DEG 24KT 3968 7649 3940 7660 3909 7672 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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