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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
303 PM 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...
YORK RIVER...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
* AT 303 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOBJACK BAY,
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...
NASSAWADOX REEF, NEW POINT COMFORT, RAPPAHANNOCK RANGE LIGHT, WOLF
TRAP, RAPPAHANNOCK LIGHT, MOBJACK BAY, GWYNNS ISLAND, GWYNNS ISLAND
REEF, STINGRAY POINT, HOLE IN THE WALL, OCCOHANNOCK REEF, YORK SPIT
REEF, THE CELL, CHERRYSTONE REEF, AND CAPE CHARLES HARBOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3738 7658 3734 7650 3729 7647 3731 7644
3734 7647 3738 7646 3742 7639 3741 7634
3742 7630 3753 7634 3761 7633 3762 7590
3760 7589 3761 7588 3736 7591 3726 7595
3725 7660 3726 7662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 260DEG 28KT 3736 7648
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
WRAY
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