


Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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870 WHUS51 KAKQ 050037 SMWAKQ ANZ632-634-636>638-050130- /O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0184.250905T0037Z-250905T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 837 PM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025 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... James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge... York River... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 837 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Burwell Bay, moving east at 35 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... Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Burwell Bay, Poquoson, Thimble Shoals, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Cobham Bay, Dominion Pier, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Coleman Bridge, Tue Marshes Light, York Spit Reef, Buoy 36a, Hampton River Inlet, James River Bridge, Hampton Flats, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, The Hump, and Cabbage Patch. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3720 7679 3723 7660 3715 7657 3702 7640 3706 7636 3709 7632 3713 7637 3712 7643 3717 7645 3723 7658 3734 7594 3732 7593 3700 7598 3693 7655 3696 7657 3696 7666 3709 7670 3713 7679 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 255DEG 34KT 3703 7664 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ Miller