Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
115 WHUS51 KAKQ 240604 SMWAKQ ANZ632-634-638-240715- /O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0079.240624T0604Z-240624T0715Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 204 AM EDT Mon Jun 24 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... James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel... * Until 315 AM EDT. * At 203 AM EDT, thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Poquoson to 12 nm south of Burwell Bay, moving east at 20 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... Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Thimble Shoals, Tue Marshes Light, Hampton Flats, The Hump, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Poquoson, Dominion Pier, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, York Spit Reef, Buoy 36a, and Hampton River Inlet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. These thunderstorms are weakening but still are capable of producing strong wind gusts. && LAT...LON 3701 7646 3703 7647 3705 7645 3702 7640 3709 7632 3713 7637 3712 7643 3728 7639 3730 7598 3712 7595 3710 7597 3709 7593 3693 7601 3691 7609 3683 7606 3692 7614 3689 7617 3692 7628 3688 7645 3695 7654 TIME...MOT...LOC 0603Z 264DEG 22KT 3713 7639 3684 7669 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ Zimmerman