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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1102 AM EDT TUE SEP 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA
BORDER OUT TO 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT 20
NM...
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 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1102 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTH
TOWER TO NEAR HORSESHOE TO 6 NM NORTH OF FISH HOOK. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
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, HORSESHOE, SOUTH TOWER,
TRIANGLE REEF, CHESAPEAKE LIGHT TOWER, 10 NM EAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH
OCEANFRONT, AND BUOY 4A DRYDOCKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3627 7562 3657 7580 3708 7585 3699 7517
3683 7526 3650 7516 3623 7501 3622 7540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1502Z 064DEG 3KT 3626 7520 3651 7552 3687 7544
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS
WRAY
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