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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
436 PM EDT MON AUG 31 2026
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3720 7614 3710 7597 3709 7593 3694 7600
3681 7612 3684 7618 3688 7618 3689 7623
3692 7626 3688 7627 3684 7624 3680 7629
3682 7633 3681 7637 3683 7641 3686 7640
3685 7648 3686 7652 3689 7654
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 297DEG 10KT 3694 7639
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
HET
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