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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
529 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2025
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...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO HAMPTON ROADS
BRIDGE-TUNNEL...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 528 PM EDT, A FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
CRISFIELD TO NEAR NANDUA PUNGOTEAGUE REEF TO NEAR CHERRYSTONE REEF
TO NEAR WILLOUGHBY BAY TO 17 NM SOUTH OF MONITOR MERRIMACK BRIDGE
TUNNEL, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
NEW POINT COMFORT, NASSAWADOX REEF, CRISFIELD, THIMBLE SHOALS, TUE
MARSHES LIGHT, STINGRAY POINT, OCCOHANNOCK REEF, HAMPTON FLATS,
WILLOUGHBY BAY, SEWELLS POINT, CABBAGE PATCH, LONGS CREEK INLET,
RAPPAHANNOCK LIGHT, LATIMER SHOAL, NANDUA PUNGOTEAGUE REEF, MOBJACK
BAY, GWYNNS ISLAND REEF, KIPTOPEKE CONCRETE SHIPS, HAMPTON ROADS
BRIDGE TUNNEL, AND SMITH POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3709 7632 3713 7637 3712 7642 3726 7639
3737 7645 3743 7630 3753 7635 3789 7631
3790 7591 3798 7587 3799 7581 3800 7565
3797 7560 3749 7591 3690 7599 3683 7606
3692 7626 3689 7647 3694 7653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 269DEG 26KT 3796 7587 3765 7594 3730 7605 3696
7624 3666 7656
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
ZIMMERMAN
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