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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
822 PM EDT WED MAY 14 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 WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA
BORDER OUT TO 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT
20 NM...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.
* AT 822 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER LYNNHAVEN, MOVING NORTH AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL, 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE, LATIMER SHOAL,
PLANTATION LIGHT, ANGLO AFRICAN WRECK, VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT,
CAPE HENRY, SHIP SHOAL INLET, THIMBLE SHOALS, KIPTOPEKE CONCRETE
SHIPS, LYNNHAVEN, BUOY 36A, BLUEFISH ROCK, FISHERMANS ISLAND, THE
HUMP, CAPE CHARLES LIGHT, CAPE HENRY WRECK, CABBAGE PATCH, LITTLE
CREEK, AND RUDEE INLET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3695 7629 3694 7629 3695 7627 3696 7628
3696 7627 3697 7628 3736 7615 3724 7572
3680 7596 3690 7624 3692 7626 3693 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 197DEG 24KT 3690 7608
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
MILLER
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