Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
582 WHUS51 KAKQ 042352 SMWAKQ ANZ632-634-654-656-050045- /O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0103.240704T2352Z-240705T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 752 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... 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... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out to 20 nm... Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 nm... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 752 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near The Hump to Bluefish Rock to near Thimble Shoals, moving southeast at 35 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... Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Chesapeake Light Tower, Latimer Shoal, Anglo African Wreck, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, The Hump, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Charles Light, Sewells Point, Cape Henry Wreck, Cabbage Patch, and Little Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3696 7630 3695 7630 3696 7627 3697 7630 3700 7632 3713 7623 3725 7624 3705 7552 3697 7557 3690 7565 3670 7556 3669 7560 3696 7633 TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 293DEG 35KT 3714 7610 3707 7616 3704 7627 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ BROWN