Marine Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
718 FZUS71 KAKQ 302017 MWSAKQ Marine Weather Statement National Weather Service Wakefield VA 417 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ANZ632-634-638-302100- /O.CON.KAKQ.MA.W.0094.000000T0000Z-240630T2100Z/ 417 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT... For the following areas... 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... James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel... At 417 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm southeast of Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel to Latimer Shoal, moving east at 15 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include... Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Poquoson, Dominion Pier, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, Hampton River Inlet, Hampton Flats, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, The Hump, Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Cape Henry Wreck, and Cabbage Patch. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3705 7645 3702 7640 3709 7632 3713 7637 3712 7642 3720 7639 3723 7595 3720 7596 3711 7592 3713 7594 3712 7597 3710 7597 3709 7593 3681 7605 3682 7614 3684 7618 3688 7618 3692 7626 3686 7638 3689 7651 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 258DEG 15KT 3684 7633 3711 7600 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...49KTS $$ EI