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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
630 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO HAMPTON ROADS
BRIDGE-TUNNEL...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 630 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMES RIVER
BRIDGE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
HAMPTON RIVER INLET, JAMES RIVER BRIDGE, HAMPTON FLATS, MONITOR
MERRIMACK BRIDGE TUNNEL, WILLOUGHBY BAY, SEWELLS POINT, AND
DOMINION PIER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3701 7667 3711 7656 3703 7642 3702 7641
3708 7635 3708 7629 3703 7630 3701 7632
3701 7631 3699 7632 3697 7630 3694 7623
3692 7625 3686 7640 3690 7652 3696 7657
3695 7665 3698 7668
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 242DEG 19KT 3691 7657
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
ROGERS
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