Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
459 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 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...
  Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina
  border out to 20 nm...
  Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20
  nm...
  Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out
  20 nm...
  Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia - North Carolina Border
  from 20 to 40 nm...
  Waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC from 20 to 40
  nm...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 459 PM EDT, a front was located near 10 Nm East Of Virginia
  Beach Oceanfront, moving south at 15 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, Chesapeake Light Tower, Anglo African
  Wreck, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry, Ship Shoal Inlet,
  Sandbridge, Buoy 4a Drydocks, Deal Island, Sand Shoal Inlet, Cape
  Charles Light, Cabbage Patch, Rudee Inlet, Cape Charles Harbor, 1st
  Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Currituck Beach
  Light, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, and Lynnhaven.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3630 7583 3647 7589 3652 7587 3652 7588
      3657 7592 3659 7589 3663 7595 3668 7593
      3668 7592 3669 7593 3671 7598 3682 7598
      3682 7610 3693 7624 3731 7612 3731 7580
      3726 7570 3630 7535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 338DEG 13KT 3682 7584

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

$$

Miller