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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
554 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK VA TO CAPE HENRY VA INCLUDING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA...
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO HAMPTON ROADS
BRIDGE-TUNNEL...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 553 PM EDT, A STRONG RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER OF A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THE
CELL TO YORK SPIT REEF TO NEAR 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE, MOVING WEST
AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HIGH
WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL, NEW POINT COMFORT, WOLF TRAP, THIMBLE
SHOALS, TUE MARSHES LIGHT, THE HUMP, THE CELL, WILLOUGHBY BAY,
CABBAGE PATCH, CAPE CHARLES HARBOR, 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE, LATIMER
SHOAL, PLANTATION LIGHT, MOBJACK BAY, GWYNNS ISLAND, POQUOSON,
KIPTOPEKE CONCRETE SHIPS, HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL, HOLE IN THE
WALL, AND YORK SPIT REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3742 7630 3749 7629 3751 7597 3729 7600
3710 7597 3709 7593 3694 7600 3691 7625
3695 7633 3694 7629 3702 7635 3701 7636
3709 7632 3713 7637 3712 7641 3721 7640
3722 7642 3722 7640 3726 7639 3734 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 069DEG 12KT 3742 7611 3725 7622 3699 7615
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS
MM
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