Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
303 WHUS51 KAKQ 301905 SMWAKQ ANZ632-634-638-302000- /O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0091.240630T1905Z-240630T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 305 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 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... James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel... * Until 400 PM EDT. * At 305 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Poquoson to near Little Creek, moving east at 20 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, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Hampton Flats, The Hump, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Poquoson, Dominion Pier, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, Buoy 36a, Hampton River Inlet, and Bluefish Rock. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3702 7640 3709 7632 3713 7637 3711 7642 3718 7645 3732 7600 3725 7594 3720 7596 3711 7592 3713 7594 3712 7597 3709 7593 3693 7601 3694 7600 3686 7600 3685 7618 3688 7618 3692 7626 3687 7642 3704 7648 TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 257DEG 18KT 3712 7640 3693 7623 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ EI