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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
616 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2025
ANZ632-637-638-162315-
616 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2025
..THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WATERS
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO HAMPTON ROADS
BRIDGE-TUNNEL...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE...
AT 614 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
SOUTH OF THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
JAMES RIVER BRIDGE AND MONITOR MERRIMACK BRIDGE TUNNEL AROUND 620
PM EDT.
DOMINION PIER AROUND 625 PM EDT.
HAMPTON FLATS AROUND 635 PM EDT.
SEWELLS POINT AND HAMPTON RIVER INLET AROUND 640 PM EDT.
HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL AND WILLOUGHBY BAY AROUND 645 PM EDT.
THIMBLE SHOALS AND POQUOSON AROUND 655 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY HIGHER
WAVES, AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3708 7648 3702 7640 3705 7638 3709 7632
3713 7637 3712 7643 3713 7642 3721 7631
3711 7615 3695 7616 3693 7617 3693 7616
3688 7616 3689 7623 3692 7626 3686 7640
3690 7652 3696 7657 3695 7661 3695 7663
BROWN
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