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Special Marine Warning
Issued: 10:39 PM Aug. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT... For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... At 639 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 10 nm northwest of Bivalve to near Honga River to The Targets, moving east at 30 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts in excess of 48 knots. SOURCE...Observed wind. IMPACT...Boaters could easily be thrown overboard by suddenly higher wind and waves capsizing their vessel. Boats could suffer significant damage in high winds. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Locations impacted include... Ewell, Point Lookout, Tangier Sound, Smith Island, Deep Hole, Point No Point, The Targets, Southwest Middle Grounds, Richland Point Buoy, Deal Island, and Crisfield. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately. Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects. && WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE; HAIL...0.00IN; WIND...48KTS
Special Marine Warning
Issued: 10:39 PM Aug. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT... For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... At 639 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 16 nm east of Miles River to 9 nm east of Taylors Island to near Yeocomico River, moving southeast at 25 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts in excess of 48 knots. SOURCE...Observed wind. IMPACT...Boaters could easily be thrown overboard by suddenly higher wind and waves capsizing their vessel. Boats could suffer significant damage in high winds. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Locations impacted include... Hooper Island Light, Nanticoke River Mouth, Solomons Island, Cuckold Creek, Town Creek, Taylors Island, Drum Point, Honga River, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, Richland Point Buoy, Bivalve, and Flag Harbor. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately. Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects. && WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE; HAIL...0.00IN; WIND...48KTS
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 10:29 PM Aug. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 558 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND DORCHESTER SOMERSET WICOMICO WORCESTER IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 33 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA AMELIA CHESTERFIELD CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY OF RICHMOND CUMBERLAND FLUVANNA GOOCHLAND HANOVER HENRICO LOUISA POWHATAN PRINCE EDWARD IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHARLES CITY ESSEX KING WILLIAM KING AND QUEEN NEW KENT RICHMOND WESTMORELAND IN EASTERN VIRGINIA LANCASTER MATHEWS MIDDLESEX NORTHUMBERLAND IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA CAROLINE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA CITY OF HOPEWELL CITY OF PETERSBURG DINWIDDIE NOTTOWAY PRINCE GEORGE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA ACCOMACK CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG GLOUCESTER JAMES CITY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMELIA COURTHOUSE, ANGOLA, BARNETTS, BAVON, BEACH, BON AIR, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, BRAYS FORK, BROWNS CORNER, BURRUSS CORNER, BUSCH GARDENS, CAMBRIDGE, CARET, CEDAR FORK, CENTER CROSS, CENTERVILLE, CHAMPLAIN, CHESTER, CHESTERFIELD, CHINCOTEAGUE, CHRISTENSONS CORNER, CHULA, CLANCIE, COLONIAL BEACH, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, CORBIN, CREWE, CRISFIELD, CROAKER, DAWN, DENARO, DRAGONVILLE, DUNBROOKE, DUNNSVILLE, EARLS, EWELL, FARMVILLE, FIVE FORKS, FORT LEE, GLEN ALLEN, GLOUCESTER POINT, GOOCHLAND, GREENBACKVILLE, GRESSIT, GROVE, GUINEA MILLS, HAWK, HOPEWELL, HORNTOWN, HOWERTONS, JETERSVILLE, KILMARNOCK, KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE, LAKE MONTICELLO, LANCASTER, LEWISETTA, LITTLE PLYMOUTH, LOUISA, MANNBORO, MASCOT, MATTAPONI, MEADOWVILLE, MECHANICSVILLE, MIDLOTHIAN, MINERAL, MOSELEY, MOUNTCASTLE, NEW CHURCH, NEW KENT AIRPORT, NEW POINT, NEW POINT COMFORT, OCEAN CITY, ONANCOCK, ORAPAX FARMS, PEARY, PETERSBURG, POWHATAN, PRINCESS ANNE, QUINTON, RAINES TAVERN, REAMS, REEDS, RICHMOND, ROXBURY, SALISBURY, SANDSTON, SCOTTS FORK, STODDERT, TALLEYSVILLE, URBANNA, WARSAW, WAYSIDE, WEST POINT, AND WILLIAMSBURG.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 9:58 PM Aug. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 555 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA EASTERN BAY CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND
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