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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
244 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 243 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER TO 7 NM SOUTHEAST OF
YEOCOMICO RIVER TO 12 NM NORTHWEST OF IRVINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 40
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ONANCOCK INLET, WINDMILL POINT, LOWER BERNARD ISLAND, NANDUA
PUNGOTEAGUE REEF, CRISFIELD, WATTS ISLAND, LONGS CREEK INLET, SAN
MARCOS WRECK, TANGIER ISLAND, NORTHERN NECK REEF, AND ANGLERS REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3788 7644 3786 7637 3790 7604 3792 7603
3790 7603 3790 7591 3796 7586 3797 7588
3798 7582 3799 7563 3775 7566 3772 7572
3756 7586 3758 7592 3761 7592 3761 7628
3763 7635 3767 7639 3785 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 288DEG 39KT 3803 7639 3793 7645 3783 7659
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
MM
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