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Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA; Chesapeake 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; James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River; Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Minor
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed

Details

The areas affected include... 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... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort 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... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River...
At 657 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms, capable of producing winds to around 30 knots. These thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Cape Charles Harbor to near Bluefish Rock to Sewells Point, moving southeast at 10 knots.
strong thunderstorms will be near... Thimble Shoals, 4th Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Cabbage Patch, Little Creek, and Willoughby Bay around 705 PM EDT. Fishermans Island, 1st Island Bay Bridge, and Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel around 710 PM EDT. Cape Charles Light around 720 PM EDT. Lynnhaven around 725 PM EDT.
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