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Special Marine Warning for Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA; Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA

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SMWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... * Until 1100 PM EDT. * At 957 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near...

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Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

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SMWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... * Until 1100 PM EDT. * At 957 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Nanticoke River Mouth to near Mouth Of The Potomac River, moving southeast at 30 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... Smith Point, Occohannock Reef, Onancock Inlet, Lower Bernard Island, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Watts Island, San Marcos Wreck, Tangier Island, Northern Neck Reef, Anglers Reef, and Crisfield.

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    Special Marine Warning issued August 17 at 9:57PM EDT until August 17 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Wakefield VA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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