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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredChesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA; Currituck Sound; Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River; Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM
Status
Ended
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... Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM... Currituck Sound... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia - North Carolina Border from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to 60 NM...
* Until 1215 AM EDT.
* At 1053 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Kiptopeke Concrete Ships to near 4th Island Bay Bridge to 7 nm southwest of Little Creek, moving east at 30 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Strong thunderstorms will be near... Fishermans Island, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Anglo African Wreck, Cape Charles Light, Cape Henry, Lynnhaven, Cape Henry Wreck, and 1st Island Bay Bridge around 1100 PM EDT. Virginia Beach Oceanfront around 1105 PM EDT. Rudee Inlet around 1110 PM EDT. Sandbridge around 1120 PM EDT. Chesapeake Light Tower and 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront around 1125 PM EDT. Triangle Reef around 1150 PM EDT. Fish Hook around 1155 PM EDT.
Data from the National Weather Service
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