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

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SMWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... * Until 730 AM EDT. * At 634 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Mobjack Bay, moving east at 40 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Stingray Point, Hole In The Wall, Nassawadox Reef, Occohannock Reef, Rappahannock Range Light, Wolf Trap, Rappahannock Light, The Cell, Mobjack Bay, Cherrystone Reef, Gwynns Island, and Gwynns Island Reef.