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; Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM +1 more
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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, Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM
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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... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North...
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... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM... * Until 1130 PM EDT. * At 1038 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Little Creek, moving east at 30 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, Chesapeake Light Tower, Anglo African Wreck, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Lynnhaven, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry Wreck, Little Creek, Rudee Inlet, and 4th Island Bay Bridge.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued July 28 at 10:39PM EDT until July 28 at 11:30PM 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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