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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
645 PM EDT WED MAY 27 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...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 644 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURWELL BAY,
MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL, 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE, LATIMER SHOAL,
BURWELL BAY, THIMBLE SHOALS, POQUOSON, KIPTOPEKE CONCRETE SHIPS,
DOMINION PIER, HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL, LYNNHAVEN, HAMPTON
RIVER INLET, JAMES RIVER BRIDGE, HAMPTON FLATS, BLUEFISH ROCK,
FISHERMANS ISLAND, MONITOR MERRIMACK BRIDGE TUNNEL, WILLOUGHBY BAY,
SEWELLS POINT, LITTLE CREEK, AND 4TH ISLAND BAY BRIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3715 7665 3715 7657 3702 7641 3709 7632
3713 7645 3715 7645 3718 7595 3712 7591
3713 7592 3713 7593 3712 7597 3711 7597
3711 7592 3683 7607 3685 7617 3692 7626
3686 7626 3690 7653 3696 7657 3697 7667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 267DEG 27KT 3706 7656
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BROWN
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