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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
556 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD...
  Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 556 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 14 nm west of Occoquan Bay to 10 nm west of
  Leesylvania State Park to 6 nm west of Quantico, 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...
  Leesylvania State Park, Smallwood State Park, National Harbor,
  Quantico, Fort Washington, Tidal Basin, Reagan National Airport,
  Gunston Hall, Mason Neck State Park, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Indian
  Head, Key Bridge, Occoquan Bay, Fort Hunt, and Alexandria.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3850 7733 3866 7724 3866 7719 3864 7720
      3864 7719 3865 7716 3870 7720 3873 7706
      3890 7708 3891 7705 3885 7700 3870 7700
      3867 7708 3862 7709 3851 7724 3848 7724
      3847 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 251DEG 30KT 3869 7751 3865 7747 3857 7744 3850
7743

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

$$

CJL