Special Marine Warning

SMWAKQ

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 Smith Point to Windmill Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... York River...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 242 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 nm north of Cobham Bay to near Coleman Bridge to near Poquoson, moving northeast at 25 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... New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Urbanna Inlet, Tangier Island, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Cell, Longs Creek Inlet, Windmill Point, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Mobjack Bay, Irvington, Gwynns Island, Gwynns Island Reef, and Anglers Reef.