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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
502 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 502 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SMITH ISLAND TO NEAR SAN MARCOS WRECK TO
WINDMILL POINT, MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
WINDMILL POINT, LOWER BERNARD ISLAND, NANDUA PUNGOTEAGUE REEF,
CRISFIELD, TANGIER ISLAND, ANGLERS REEF, SMITH POINT, ONANCOCK
INLET, OCCOHANNOCK REEF, WATTS ISLAND, LONGS CREEK INLET, SAN
MARCOS WRECK, AND NORTHERN NECK REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3783 7634 3791 7628 3789 7624 3790 7604
3793 7603 3790 7603 3790 7591 3795 7589
3796 7586 3798 7587 3800 7566 3797 7560
3776 7566 3772 7572 3769 7571 3760 7581
3758 7581 3759 7628 3762 7636 3767 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 269DEG 31KT 3790 7606 3775 7614 3763 7625
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
WRAY
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