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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
912 PM EST TUE DEC 2 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 SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EST.
* AT 908 PM EST, A COLDER DRIER AIRMASS IS MOVING DOWN THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY, BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS, MAINLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BAY AND THE MOUTH OF THE BAY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...BUOY AND WIND OBSERVATIONS.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL, NASSAWADOX REEF, WOLF TRAP, TANGIER
ISLAND, ONANCOCK INLET, OCCOHANNOCK REEF, THE HUMP, THE CELL,
CABBAGE PATCH, CAPE CHARLES HARBOR, 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE,
RAPPAHANNOCK RANGE LIGHT, LOWER BERNARD ISLAND, RAPPAHANNOCK LIGHT,
LATIMER SHOAL, PLANTATION LIGHT, NANDUA PUNGOTEAGUE REEF, KIPTOPEKE
CONCRETE SHIPS, ANGLERS REEF, AND HOLE IN THE WALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
SEEK SAFE SHELTER, MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND INCREASING
WAVES.
LAT...LON 3789 7620 3789 7606 3793 7604 3791 7604
3793 7603 3790 7603 3792 7589 3792 7577
3791 7565 3768 7572 3760 7581 3756 7579
3733 7593 3720 7596 3711 7592 3713 7594
3688 7603 3692 7620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 354DEG 20KT 3777 7611
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
BROWN
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