Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
736 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA...
  Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 736 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 nm northwest of Urbanna Inlet to White Stone
  Bridge, moving east northeast at 30 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Stingray Point, Windmill Point, Occohannock Reef, Rappahannock
  Range Light, Rappahannock Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Longs
  Creek Inlet, San Marcos Wreck, Tangier Island, and Northern Neck
  Reef.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3757 7637 3757 7634 3756 7634 3762 7632
      3762 7635 3761 7636 3764 7635 3766 7636
      3778 7636 3790 7598 3790 7591 3754 7586
      3751 7634 3755 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 246DEG 28KT 3774 7660 3757 7646

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

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