Special Marine Warning for Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA; Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA; Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
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What is happening
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... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... * Until 300 AM EDT. * At 211 AM EDT, a strong...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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Bulletin details
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... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... * Until 300 AM EDT. * At 211 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Lower Bernard Island, moving east 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... Windmill Point, Nassawadox Reef, Lower Bernard Island, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Crisfield, Irvington, Gwynns Island, Gwynns Island Reef, Urbanna Inlet, Tangier Island, Anglers Reef, Smith Point, Stingray Point, Hole In The Wall, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Cell, and Watts Island.
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Special Marine Warning issued September 4 at 2:11AM EDT until September 4 at 3:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
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Source and limitations
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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