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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredCoastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM; Waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chintoteague VA from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Chincoteague VA to Parramore Island VA from 20 to 60 NM
Status
Ended
Started 1 day 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... Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM... Waters from Chincoteague VA to Parramore Island VA from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chintoteague VA from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to 60 NM...
* Until 315 AM EDT.
* At 209 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Raccoon Point to near Lower Bernard Island to near Wachapreague Inlet, moving east at 30 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Strong thunderstorms will be near... Wachapreague Reef around 215 AM EDT. Chincoteague around 225 AM EDT. Assateague Beach around 230 AM EDT. Chincoteague Bay around 235 AM EDT. Blackfish Reef around 240 AM EDT. Bone Wreck around 245 AM EDT.
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