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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredChesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA; James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge; James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River
Status
Ended
Started about 2 hours 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 New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge...
* Until 230 PM EDT.
* At 129 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Burwell Bay, moving southeast at 15 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Hampton River Inlet, James River Bridge, Hampton Flats, Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Thimble Shoals, Dominion Pier, and Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.
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