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Special Marine Warning issued October 16 at 6:39PM EDT until October 16 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Special Marine Warning · Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD; Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD; Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD; Chester River to Queenstown MD; Eastern Bay; Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River. Severe; likely; urgency: immediate.
- Bulletin issued
- 16 October 2026 at 22:39 UTC
- First saved by us
- 16 October 2026 at 22:47 UTC
- Last included in a daily record
- 17 October 2026
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- Source classification
- Severe · Source alert
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- Issuer / area
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC · Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD; Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD; Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD; Chester River to Queenstown MD; Eastern Bay; Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- Certainty / urgency
- Likely / Immediate
- Message expiry (not hazard end)
- 17 October 2026 at 00:15 UTC
- Forecast onset / end
- 16 October 2026 at 22:39 UTC / 17 October 2026 at 00:15 UTC
Archived official description
SMWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD... Chester River to Queenstown MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Eastern Bay... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 639 PM EDT, a gust front was located along a line extending from 11 nm west of Fort Smallwood State Park to Key Bridge to 12 nm northwest of Leesylvania State Park, moving southeast at 30 knots. Behind this gust front are some stronger thunderstorms. 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... Kent Narrows Bridge, Chester River, Eastern Bay, Blackwalnut Point, Greenbury Point, Shady Side, Herring Bay, Highland Beach, Severn River, Bloody Point Light, Thomas Point Light, Poplar Island, Parsons Island, Chesapeake Beach, North Beach, Romancoke, Matapeake, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, James Island, and Knapps Narrows Bridge.
Instructions in this archived message
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 22:47 UTC
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First saved record
Our first saved version of Special Marine Warning issued October 16 at 6:39PM EDT until October 16 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC. We have no earlier saved version to compare.
Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 22:39 UTC
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Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.
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