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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
659 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA...
YORK RIVER...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 659 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO NEAR MONITOR MERRIMACK
BRIDGE TUNNEL, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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, LATIMER SHOAL, PLANTATION LIGHT, MOBJACK BAY,
THIMBLE SHOALS, POQUOSON, KIPTOPEKE CONCRETE SHIPS, COLEMAN BRIDGE,
TUE MARSHES LIGHT, YORK SPIT REEF, BUOY 36A, BLUEFISH ROCK,
FISHERMANS ISLAND, THE HUMP, CABBAGE PATCH, CAPE CHARLES HARBOR,
AND HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3731 7644 3740 7639 3734 7628 3731 7627
3732 7602 3725 7594 3710 7596 3709 7597
3714 7597 3690 7624 3695 7633 3694 7629
3696 7627 3701 7632 3702 7637 3706 7633
3710 7633 3712 7643 3717 7645 3722 7653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 233DEG 20KT 3706 7652 3693 7637
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
ROGERS
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