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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredChesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA; Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA; York River
Status
Ended
Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... York River...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 601 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Coleman Bridge, moving east at 25 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Tue Marshes Light, New Point Comfort, York Spit Reef, Buoy 36a, Plantation Light, Cabbage Patch, Mobjack Bay, Cherrystone Reef, Coleman Bridge, and Cape Charles Harbor.
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