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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1159 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...
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* AT 1159 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTHWEST MIDDLE GROUNDS TO 9 NM NORTHWEST OF
URBANNA INLET, MOVING EAST AT 35 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, RAPPAHANNOCK RANGE LIGHT,
RAPPAHANNOCK LIGHT, NANDUA PUNGOTEAGUE REEF, CRISFIELD, IRVINGTON,
URBANNA INLET, TANGIER ISLAND, ANGLERS REEF, SMITH POINT, STINGRAY
POINT, ONANCOCK INLET, OCCOHANNOCK REEF, WATTS ISLAND, LONGS CREEK
INLET, WHITE STONE BRIDGE, SAN MARCOS WRECK, AND NORTHERN NECK
REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3770 7655 3779 7655 3780 7647 3776 7639
3780 7637 3786 7648 3791 7643 3790 7604
3793 7603 3790 7603 3790 7591 3797 7586
3797 7589 3798 7588 3802 7571 3797 7560
3766 7575 3753 7588 3754 7636 3763 7664
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 276DEG 33KT 3798 7623 3774 7663
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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