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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1024 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA...
JAMES RIVER FROM JRB TO HRBT, INCLUDING THE ELIZABETH RIVER...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE...
YORK RIVER...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT.
* AT 1024 AM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 17 NM WEST OF COLEMAN BRIDGE TO 7 NM WEST OF COBHAM
BAY TO 17 NM WEST OF BURWELL BAY, MOVING EAST AT 45 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
COBHAM BAY AROUND 1030 AM EDT.
COLEMAN BRIDGE AROUND 1040 AM EDT.
BURWELL BAY AROUND 1045 AM EDT.
TUE MARSHES LIGHT, MOBJACK BAY, AND POQUOSON AROUND 1050 AM EDT.
NEW POINT COMFORT AROUND 1055 AM EDT.
YORK SPIT REEF AROUND 1100 AM EDT.
THE HUMP AROUND 1105 AM EDT.
BLUEFISH ROCK AROUND 1110 AM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3728 7673 3725 7663 3702 7641 3708 7633
3709 7632 3712 7643 3736 7670 3736 7654
3729 7647 3736 7646 3736 7611 3696 7618
3684 7640 3686 7640 3685 7651 3695 7655
3696 7666 3713 7679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1424Z 268DEG 45KT 3730 7687 3720 7688 3711 7700
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BROWN
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