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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
130 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA...
JAMES RIVER FROM JRB TO HRBT, INCLUDING THE ELIZABETH RIVER...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.
* AT 129 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURWELL BAY,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMPTON RIVER INLET, JAMES RIVER BRIDGE, HAMPTON FLATS, MONITOR
MERRIMACK BRIDGE TUNNEL, WILLOUGHBY BAY, SEWELLS POINT, THIMBLE
SHOALS, DOMINION PIER, AND HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3704 7667 3708 7648 3702 7641 3706 7638
3707 7636 3705 7611 3691 7633 3689 7646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 296DEG 15KT 3708 7657
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
WRAY
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