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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
935 AM EDT TUE SEP 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA BORDER
FROM 20 TO 40 NM...
WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC FROM 20 TO 40
NM...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
* AT 935 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 10 NM NORTHEAST OF SOUTH TOWER, MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FISH HOOK, HOT DOG AREA OFF VIRGINIA BEACH, SOUTH TOWER, AND
HORSESHOE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3623 7540 3638 7548 3669 7556 3688 7564
3688 7563 3687 7524 3683 7526 3656 7519
3623 7500
TIME...MOT...LOC 1335Z 124DEG 12KT 3637 7511
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS
WRAY
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