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Special Marine Warning

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Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA; Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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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...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 611 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over New Point Comfort, moving southeast at 10 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, The Hump, Plantation Light, Cabbage Patch, and Poquoson.
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