Marine Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
150 FZUS71 KAKQ 172103 MWSAKQ Marine Weather Statement National Weather Service Wakefield VA 503 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ANZ632-634-637-638-172200- /O.CON.KAKQ.MA.W.0112.000000T0000Z-240717T2200Z/ 503 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT... For the following areas... 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... James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge... At 502 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near James River Bridge to Willoughby Bay to 1st Island Bay Bridge, moving northeast at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. Wind gusted to 47 knots at the Norfolk Naval Air Station at 459 pm EDT. SOURCE...Buoy. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include... Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Burwell Bay, 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 James River Bridge. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3716 7657 3702 7640 3709 7632 3713 7637 3713 7645 3725 7633 3727 7594 3720 7596 3713 7594 3710 7597 3709 7593 3693 7601 3682 7612 3692 7626 3687 7641 3690 7652 3696 7657 3699 7667 3703 7670 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 214DEG 26KT 3695 7656 3697 7627 3694 7613 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...49KTS $$ MRD