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Special Marine Warning
CancelledChesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA; Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM
Status
Cancelled
Started about 1 hour 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 Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel... Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located over Cape Henry Wreck, moving southeast at 15 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Lynnhaven, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Chesapeake Light Tower, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry Wreck, Cape Henry, Rudee Inlet, 4th Island Bay Bridge, and Sandbridge.
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