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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
154 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
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...
JAMES RIVER FROM JRB TO HRBT, INCLUDING THE ELIZABETH RIVER...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.
* AT 153 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WILLOUGHBY
BAY, MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL, 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE, WILLOUGHBY
BAY, SEWELLS POINT, LITTLE CREEK, THIMBLE SHOALS, AND HAMPTON ROADS
BRIDGE TUNNEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3704 7633 3703 7605 3683 7614 3684 7618
3688 7618 3689 7623 3692 7626 3689 7627
3688 7627 3686 7626 3689 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 303DEG 21KT 3695 7625
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
EI
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