Special Marine Warning for Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM; 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 +3 more
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What you need to know
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- 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, 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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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... Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA...
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... Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM... 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 1000 PM EDT. * At 851 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Great Machipongo Inlet to 9 nm southwest of Lynnhaven, 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... Hot Dog Area Off Virginia Beach, Horseshoe, Chesapeake Light Tower, Anglo African Wreck, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Quinby Inlet, Ship Shoal Inlet, Sandbridge, Buoy 4a Drydocks, Great Machipongo Inlet, Fish Hook, South Tower, Triangle Reef, Sand Shoal Inlet, Currituck Beach, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Charles Light, Rudee Inlet, Parramore Island, and 26 Mile Hill.
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- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 10 at 8:52PM EDT until August 10 at 10:00PM 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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