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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1159 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024

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 Smith Point to Windmill Point VA...
  Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA...
  Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina
  border out to 20 nm...
  Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20
  nm...
  Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20
  nm...
  Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out
  20 nm...
  Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia - North Carolina Border
  from 20 to 40 nm...
  Waters from Chincoteague VA to Parramore Island VA from 20 to 40
  nm...
  Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to
  40 nm...

* Until 100 PM EDT.

* At 1159 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Northern Neck Reef to 6 nm east of Nassawadox Reef
  to near 4th Island Bay Bridge, moving northeast at 40 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Nassawadox Reef, Anglo African Wreck,
  Assateague Beach, Crisfield, Ship Shoal Inlet, Quinby Inlet,
  Tangier Island, Great Machipongo Inlet, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock
  Reef, Sand Shoal Inlet, The Cell, Cape Charles Light, Cabbage
  Patch, Cape Charles Harbor, Wachapreague Inlet, Lower Bernard
  Island, Rappahannock Range Light, and Chincoteague Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3828 7527 3798 7488 3792 7491 3790 7486
      3699 7517 3692 7611 3747 7615 3791 7645
      3790 7591 3798 7587 3799 7586 3802 7576
      3799 7562 3782 7561 3760 7581 3758 7579
      3776 7561 3797 7551 3814 7533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 236DEG 39KT 3783 7617 3748 7590 3702 7600

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS

$$

Wray