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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1032 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO LITTLE CREEK VA...
ENTRANCE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE
TUNNEL...
JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE
TUNNEL...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT.
* AT 1030 AM EDT, SHOWERS PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE OVER THE LOWER
BAY. A RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A WATERSPOUT JUST SOUTH OF
CAPE CHARLES.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS.
SOURCE...MARINE WEATHER SPOTTER.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL, 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE, LATIMER SHOAL,
PLANTATION LIGHT, CAPE HENRY, THIMBLE SHOALS, KIPTOPEKE CONCRETE
SHIPS, HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL, LYNNHAVEN, YORK SPIT REEF, BUOY
36A, BLUEFISH ROCK, THE HUMP, WILLOUGHBY BAY, SEWELLS POINT, CAPE
HENRY WRECK, CHERRYSTONE REEF, CABBAGE PATCH, LITTLE CREEK AND 4TH
ISLAND BAY BRIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3739 7625 3738 7598 3696 7599 3693 7601
3693 7600 3694 7600 3693 7599 3689 7599
3695 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1430Z 035DEG 11KT 3720 7625
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...<34KTS
FISHER
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