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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
237 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT 20
NM...
WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINTOTEAGUE VA FROM 20 TO 60
NM...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
* AT 237 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER AFRICAN QUEEN WRECK, MOVING EAST AT 20
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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...
AFRICAN QUEEN WRECK AND JACKSPOT REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3829 7452 3803 7451 3810 7501 3822 7502
3830 7454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 268DEG 19KT 3816 7494
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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