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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; Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA +5 more

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SMWAKQ 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......

What the bulletin says to do

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southeastern Maryland. 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 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... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... York River... * Until 915 PM EDT. * At 819 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near San Marcos Wreck to Thimble Shoals, moving east at 40 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Thimble Shoals, Urbanna Inlet, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Occohannock Reef, Hampton Flats, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Cabbage Patch, Longs Creek Inlet, Rappahannock Light, Latimer Shoal, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Mobjack Bay, Gwynns Island Reef, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, and Coleman Bridge.

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    Special Marine Warning issued July 28 at 8:19PM EDT until July 28 at 9:15PM 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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