Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
516 PM EDT Fri Jul 12 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...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 516 PM EDT, thunderstorms were located along a line extending
  from Poquoson to near Little Creek, moving north northeast 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, Latimer Shoal,
  Thimble Shoals, Poquoson, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Tue Marshes
  Light, Lynnhaven, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, The Hump,
  Little Creek, and 4th Island Bay Bridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3730 7636 3714 7594 3712 7592 3711 7592
      3713 7594 3712 7597 3710 7597 3709 7593
      3680 7610 3684 7618 3688 7618 3689 7623
      3695 7628 3696 7627 3697 7630 3703 7635
      3709 7632 3713 7637 3711 7642 3715 7645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 201DEG 37KT 3714 7639 3688 7624

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

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