069  
WHUS51 KAKQ 220736  
SMWAKQ  
ANZ652-654-680-682-684-220845-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0137.260722T0736Z-260722T0845Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
336 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20  
NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT  
20 NM...  
WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VA TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA FROM 20 TO 60  
NM...  
WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINTOTEAGUE VA FROM 20 TO 60  
NM...  
WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND VA TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA FROM 20 TO  
60 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 336 AM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 10 NM SOUTHWEST OF ASSATEAGUE BEACH TO NEAR GREAT  
MACHIPONGO INLET, MOVING EAST AT 50 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...  
GREAT MACHIPONGO INLET, WACHAPREAGUE INLET, SAND SHOAL INLET,  
PARKING LOT, ASSATEAGUE BEACH, WACHAPREAGUE REEF, BLACKFISH REEF,  
BONE WRECK, QUINBY INLET, PARRAMORE ISLAND, AND CHINCOTEAGUE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3752 7428 3720 7455 3728 7590 3790 7555  
3794 7498 3792 7492 3794 7490 3799 7403  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 264DEG 49KT 3776 7556 3735 7579  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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