Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
557 WHUS51 KAKQ 292300 SMWAKQ ANZ630-631-292345- /O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0069.240529T2300Z-240529T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 700 PM EDT Wed May 29 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 745 PM EDT. * At 659 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm north of Lower Bernard Island to Onancock Inlet to near Rappahannock Range Light, moving east at 20 knots. Wind gusts of 34 knots or greater will continue for another 15 to 30 minutes even though the storms have moved east of the bay. 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... Onancock Inlet, Nassawadox Reef, Occohannock Reef, Lower Bernard Island, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Crisfield, Watts Island, Tangier Island, and Anglers Reef. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3800 7563 3796 7559 3782 7561 3775 7566 3772 7571 3764 7576 3760 7581 3756 7579 3751 7584 3748 7585 3746 7612 3793 7603 3790 7603 3790 7591 3796 7589 3796 7586 3797 7587 3797 7589 3799 7586 3802 7575 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 262DEG 22KT 3796 7572 3773 7579 3756 7595 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ EI