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May 19, 2011

And now, waterspouts?

FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:

FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
EASTERN BAY
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD

AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT AND WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS OVER LOVE POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 KNOTS.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD.
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WATERSPOUTS CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY AND CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND
CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS WAVES. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.

WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 34 KNOTS...LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY HIGH WAVES AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES

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Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Got a question? Send him an e-mail.

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