Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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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

$$

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