356  
WHUS51 KAKQ 191245  
SMWAKQ  
ANZ630>632-635-636-191445-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0029.260419T1245Z-260419T1445Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
845 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
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...  
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT...  
YORK RIVER...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 844 AM EDT, A FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR  
CRISFIELD TO 6 NM SOUTHWEST OF SMITH POINT, MOVING SOUTH AT 35  
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...  
NEW POINT COMFORT, NASSAWADOX REEF, WOLF TRAP, CRISFIELD, URBANNA  
INLET, TANGIER ISLAND, TUE MARSHES LIGHT, STINGRAY POINT, ONANCOCK  
INLET, OCCOHANNOCK REEF, THE CELL, LONGS CREEK INLET, WINDMILL  
POINT, LOWER BERNARD ISLAND, RAPPAHANNOCK RANGE LIGHT, RAPPAHANNOCK  
LIGHT, NANDUA PUNGOTEAGUE REEF, MOBJACK BAY, IRVINGTON, AND GWYNNS  
ISLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3740 7660 3729 7647 3737 7646 3742 7630  
3752 7635 3761 7663 3778 7646 3776 7639  
3791 7641 3790 7591 3798 7586 3802 7573  
3798 7562 3782 7562 3760 7581 3756 7579  
3732 7594 3718 7645 3735 7670 3736 7670  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 355DEG 34KT 3796 7580 3782 7635  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
KMC  
 
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