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Special Marine Warning
Issued: 2:16 AM Apr. 15, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT... For the following areas... 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... At 1015 PM EDT, a gust front ahead of an area of showers was located along a line extending from Northeast River to Pooles Island to near Fort Smallwood State Park, moving east at 40 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, Turkey Point, North Point State Park, Hart Miller Island, Bodkin Point, Tolchester Beach, Worton Point, Pooles Island, Spesutie Island, Gunpowder River, Northeast River, Sevenfoot Knoll, Havre De Grace, and Aberdeen Proving Ground. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && HAIL...0.00IN; WIND...>34KTS
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