SPECAL MARINE WARNING

[Nws Olney Maryland]

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
417 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MARYLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER
FROM 40 NM NORTH OF THE TARGETS TO 25 NM NORTHWEST OF WHITE POINT
BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.

* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA.
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA.
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES