Special Marine Warning for Currituck Sound; 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 +5 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, Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM, Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM, Currituck Sound, Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia - North Carolina Border from 20 to 60 NM, Waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC from 20 to 60 NM, Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to 60 NM
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- Immediate
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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... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM... Coastal waters from NC VA border to...
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... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM... Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM... Currituck Sound... Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia North Carolina Border from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 737 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Quinby Inlet to near Sandbridge, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Strong thunderstorms will be near... Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Rudee Inlet, and Sandbridge around 745 PM EDT. 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront around 750 PM EDT. Chesapeake Light Tower around 755 PM EDT. Buoy 4a Drydocks around 825 PM EDT. 26 Mile Hill and Triangle Reef around 835 PM EDT.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 10 at 7:37PM EDT until August 10 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Official revision
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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