Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
562 WHUS51 KAKQ 172119 SMWAKQ ANZ630>632-636-172245- /O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0113.240717T2119Z-240717T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 519 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA... Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... York River... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 518 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Poquoson to near The Hump to Fishermans Island, moving northeast at 30 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Occohannock Reef, The Hump, The Cell, Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock Light, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Mobjack Bay, Gwynns Island, Gwynns Island Reef, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, and Coleman Bridge. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3734 7651 3729 7647 3731 7644 3734 7647 3737 7646 3741 7641 3741 7634 3742 7630 3752 7635 3768 7622 3770 7576 3741 7594 3713 7598 3711 7625 3716 7645 3717 7646 3724 7658 TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 207DEG 30KT 3713 7642 3714 7615 3708 7598 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...49KTS $$ MRD