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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1046 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 1145 AM EDT.
* AT 1045 AM EDT, A FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR CHESAPEAKE LIGHT TOWER TO 9 NM SOUTH OF WILLOUGHBY BAY, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS. WINDS REMAIN ELEVATED BEHIND THE FRONT.
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, 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, GWYNNS ISLAND, GWYNNS ISLAND
REEF, AND ANGLERS REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
SEEK SAFE SHELTER, MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND INCREASING
WAVES.
LAT...LON 3731 7649 3731 7644 3737 7646 3742 7630
3752 7634 3755 7644 3790 7634 3793 7603
3790 7603 3790 7591 3797 7586 3797 7589
3802 7576 3797 7560 3782 7562 3760 7581
3756 7579 3731 7594 3716 7645 3720 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 295DEG 18KT 3696 7580 3680 7630
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
KMC
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