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; James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River

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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... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 435 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, moving southeast at 10 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... Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Thimble Shoals, Dominion Pier, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, Hampton River Inlet, Hampton Flats, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, The Hump, Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Cape Henry Wreck, Little Creek, and 4th Island Bay Bridge.