024  
WHUS51 KAKQ 271949  
SMWAKQ  
ANZ632-638-272030-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0151.250727T1949Z-250727T2030Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
349 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA...  
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO HAMPTON ROADS  
BRIDGE-TUNNEL...  
 
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 348 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SEWELLS  
POINT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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, HAMPTON FLATS, MONITOR MERRIMACK BRIDGE  
TUNNEL, WILLOUGHBY BAY, SEWELLS POINT, LITTLE CREEK, THIMBLE  
SHOALS, DOMINION PIER, AND HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3697 7652 3697 7651 3701 7646 3704 7648  
3705 7645 3702 7640 3705 7638 3706 7616  
3695 7615 3693 7617 3692 7615 3688 7614  
3689 7623 3692 7626 3688 7637 3688 7648  
3690 7652 3693 7654  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 294DEG 23KT 3693 7636  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
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