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Marine Warning — Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA, AN, Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, AN
Marine Warning
Issued
9:52 PM CDT · Tue, Jul 21 2026
Expires
12:00 AM CDT · Wed, Jul 22 2026
Issuing Office
NWS KLWX

Affected Areas

Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA, AN Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island, AN

Official Bulletin

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WHUS51 KLWX 220252
SMWLWX
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/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0165.260722T0252Z-260722T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1052 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 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...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...

* Until 100 AM EDT.

* At 1052 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Taylors Island to near Saint Marys River,
  moving east at 30 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...
  Smith Island, Deep Hole, Nanticoke River Mouth, Southwest Middle
  Grounds, Ewell, Point Lookout, Tangier Sound, Fishing Bay, Point No
  Point, Bivalve, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, and Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3807 7636 3807 7633 3827 7641 3829 7648
      3822 7603 3836 7601 3830 7601 3823 7597
      3836 7586 3814 7596 3814 7579 3806 7587
      3808 7578 3807 7578 3803 7587 3790 7591
      3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 279DEG 29KT 3844 7629 3823 7646

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

$$

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