Weather Warnings
April 19 2026
For the following areas...
Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA...
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island...
At 748 AM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from Flag
Harbor to near White Point Beach to 7 nm south of Westmoreland State
Park, moving southeast at 30 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Observed wind.
IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.
Locations impacted include...
Hooper Island Light, Smith Island, Crisfield, Deep Hole, Nanticoke
River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, Ewell, Tangier Sound, Honga
River, Fishing Bay, Point No Point, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy,
and Deal Island.
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 729 AM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from 7 nm
northwest of Havre De Grace to Gunpowder River to Magothy River,
moving east at 25 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Observed wind.
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, Pinehurst, Turkey Point, North Point State
Park, Hart Miller Island, Gibson Island, Bodkin Point, Tolchester
Beach, Worton Point, Pooles Island, Spesutie Island, Love Point,
Gunpowder River, Baltimore Light, Northeast River, Sevenfoot Knoll,
Rock Hall, Havre De Grace, and Aberdeen Proving Ground.
For the following areas...
Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD...
Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD...
Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River...
Eastern Bay...
Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...
At 729 AM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from near
Chester River to near Knapps Narrows Bridge to Flag Harbor, moving
east at 35 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Observed wind.
IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.
Locations impacted include...
Choptank River, Greenwell State Park, Saint Leonard Creek, Knapps
Narrows Bridge, Tilghman Island, Blackwalnut Point, Solomons Island,
Cuckold Creek, Town Creek, North Beach, Drum Point, Herring Bay,
Sandy Point State Park, Bloody Point Light, Matapeake, Chesapeake Bay
Bridge, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, Thomas Point Light, and Poplar
Island.
For the following areas...
Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA...
At 729 AM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from Saint
Leonard Creek to Breton Bay to near Westmoreland State Park, moving
southeast at 30 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Observed wind.
IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.
Locations impacted include...
Yeocomico River, Breton Bay, Saint Clements Bay, Piney Point, Mouth
Of The Potomac River, Point Lookout, Tall Timbers, Cobb Island,
Coltons Point, Coles Point, Saint George Island, Wicomico River, and
White Point Beach.
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 to 32 degrees
possible, especially northwest of I-95.
* WHERE...In Maryland, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and
Southeast Montgomery, Southeast Harford, and Southern Baltimore
Counties. In Virginia, Albemarle, Nelson, Spotsylvania, Central
and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Fairfax, and
Stafford Counties.
* WHEN...From late Monday night through Tuesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 to 30 degrees
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast, and
northern Maryland, central, northern, northwest, and western
Virginia, and panhandle West Virginia.
* WHEN...From late Monday night through Tuesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.