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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
429 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 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...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 429 PM EDT, A STRONG RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER OF A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
BLUEFISH ROCK TO NEAR SEWELLS POINT TO 7 NM SOUTH OF MONITOR
MERRIMACK BRIDGE TUNNEL, MOVING WEST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HIGH
WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL, 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE, BLUEFISH ROCK,
FISHERMANS ISLAND, LATIMER SHOAL, CAPE HENRY WRECK, LITTLE CREEK,
4TH ISLAND BAY BRIDGE, THIMBLE SHOALS, AND KIPTOPEKE CONCRETE
SHIPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3715 7624 3717 7595 3713 7594 3712 7595
3712 7597 3710 7597 3709 7593 3695 7600
3693 7599 3693 7600 3694 7600 3693 7601
3689 7618 3695 7629 3695 7627 3696 7627
3697 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 072DEG 17KT 3707 7625 3693 7635 3680 7640
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS
MM
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