Special Marine Warning for Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA; Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- 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
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What is happening
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... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 722 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Full official description
Bulletin details
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... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 722 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Thimble Shoals, moving east at 15 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, Little Creek, 4th Island Bay Bridge, Cape Henry Wreck, Cape Charles Light, and Poquoson.
Lifecycle record
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- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 10 at 7:23PM EDT until August 10 at 9:00PM 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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