Special Marine Warning for Currituck Sound; 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
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- 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, Currituck Sound
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What is happening
SMWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... 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... Currituck Sound... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 249 PM EDT, strong...
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... 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... Currituck Sound... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 249 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm west of Knotts Island Bay to 9 nm west of Currituck Sound, moving east at 15 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... Currituck Beach Light, Currituck Beach, Knotts Island Bay, Currituck Sound, Buoy 4a Drydocks, and Deal Island.
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- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 20 at 2:49PM EDT until August 20 at 3:45PM 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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