Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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218 WHUS51 KAKQ 292244 SMWAKQ ANZ650-652-654-300045- /O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0068.240529T2244Z-240530T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 644 PM EDT Wed May 29 2024 The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... 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... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 643 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 nm east of Raccoon Point to near Lower Bernard Island to Occohannock Reef, moving east at 35 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... Great Machipongo Inlet, Wachapreague Inlet, Chincoteague Bay, Assateague Beach, Wachapreague Reef, Chincoteague, Blackfish Reef, Bone Wreck, Quinby Inlet, and Parramore Island. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3814 7481 3793 7490 3765 7510 3756 7526 3721 7542 3741 7590 3752 7585 3768 7568 3772 7569 3776 7561 3793 7551 3797 7551 3803 7542 3810 7539 3815 7533 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 273DEG 36KT 3814 7558 3789 7568 3759 7600 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...40KTS $$ EI