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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
709 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 FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE 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 845 AM EDT.
* AT 709 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TANGIER ISLAND
TO 8 NM EAST OF NASSAWADOX REEF TO 6 NM NORTHWEST OF GREAT
MACHIPONGO INLET TO NEAR CAPE CHARLES HARBOR, MOVING EAST AT 50
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WACHAPREAGUE INLET, PARKING LOT, ASSATEAGUE BEACH, WACHAPREAGUE
REEF, BLACKFISH REEF, QUINBY INLET, SHIP SHOAL INLET, GREAT
MACHIPONGO INLET, SAND SHOAL INLET, CHINCOTEAGUE, BONE WRECK,
PARRAMORE ISLAND, 26 MILE HILL, AND CAPE CHARLES LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3731 7448 3696 7470 3713 7596 3764 7571
3799 7546 3802 7453 3750 7430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 271DEG 50KT 3782 7599 3748 7585 3741 7585 3729
7592
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
ZIMMERMAN
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