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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredJames River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge; James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth 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... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 750 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Coleman Bridge to near Burwell Bay to 7 nm southwest of Cobham Bay, moving southeast at 30 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Hampton River Inlet, James River Bridge, Hampton Flats, Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, Willoughby Bay, Burwell Bay, Sewells Point, and Dominion Pier.
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