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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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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 730 PM EDT. * At 629 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were...

What the bulletin says to do

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects.

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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... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 629 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm southeast of Coleman Bridge to near Poquoson to York Spit Reef, moving east at 15 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, New Point Comfort, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Thimble Shoals, Poquoson, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Tue Marshes Light, Lynnhaven, York Spit Reef, Buoy 36a, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, The Hump, Cabbage Patch, Little Creek, 4th Island Bay Bridge, and Cape Charles Harbor.

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    Special Marine Warning issued August 10 at 6:30PM EDT until August 10 at 7:30PM 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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