Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
501 PM EDT Fri Jul 12 2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina
  border out to 20 nm...
  Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20
  nm...
  Currituck Sound...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 500 PM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from
  Hampton Flats to 10 nm west of Deal Island, moving northeast at 25
  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...
  Currituck Beach, Chesapeake Light Tower, Currituck Sound, 10 Nm
  East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Anglo African Wreck, Virginia
  Beach Oceanfront, Rudee Inlet, Sandbridge, Currituck Beach Light,
  Knotts Island Bay, Buoy 4a Drydocks, and Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3632 7594 3634 7599 3637 7601 3654 7606
      3672 7597 3686 7602 3709 7593 3704 7553
      3697 7557 3690 7565 3663 7554 3654 7553
      3637 7547 3629 7593
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 216DEG 27KT 3698 7637 3655 7611

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

$$

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