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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; Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point

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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... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... * Until 300 AM EDT. * At 134 AM EDT, strong...

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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... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... * Until 300 AM EDT. * At 134 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm west of Smith Point to near Urbanna Inlet, moving east at 50 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, Lower Bernard Island, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Crisfield, Irvington, Urbanna Inlet, Tangier Island, Anglers Reef, Smith Point, Stingray Point, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef, Watts Island, Longs Creek Inlet, White Stone Bridge, San Marcos Wreck, and Northern Neck Reef.

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    Special Marine Warning issued July 22 at 1:34AM EDT until July 22 at 3:00AM 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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