Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
409 AM EDT Mon Jul 1 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...
  Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA...
  Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA...

* Until 615 AM EDT.

* At 408 AM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from 14
  nm southwest of Burwell Bay to 7 nm west of Triangle Reef, moving
  southeast at 15 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef,
  Wolf Trap, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Tangier Island, Tue Marshes
  Light, Stingray Point, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Hump,
  The Cell, Willoughby Bay, Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor,
  Windmill Point, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Lower Bernard Island, and
  Rappahannock Range Light.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3742 7627 3757 7633 3761 7628 3789 7629
      3790 7591 3795 7589 3800 7564 3745 7593
      3709 7593 3691 7599 3690 7609 3683 7606
      3686 7614 3690 7611 3690 7624 3702 7636
      3717 7636 3715 7641 3735 7643
TIME...MOT...LOC 0808Z 334DEG 15KT 3683 7678 3701 7551

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS

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