Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
844 AM EST Thu Nov 6 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 Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out
20 nm...
James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads
Bridge-Tunnel...
Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia - North Carolina Border
from 20 to 40 nm...
York River...
* Until 945 AM EST.
* At 843 AM EST, strong gusty winds were located in the lower
Chesapeake Bay and southern Virginia coastal waters behind a
front. These winds should gradually diminish over the next hour or
so.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include...
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, New Point Comfort, Chesapeake Light
Tower, Anglo African Wreck, Ship Shoal Inlet, Thimble Shoals, Buoy
4a Drydocks, Tue Marshes Light, The Hump, Willoughby Bay, Cape
Charles Light, Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor, 1st Island Bay
Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Mobjack Bay, Poquoson,
Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, and Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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LAT...LON 3737 7641 3739 7637 3731 7628 3730 7602
3733 7599 3710 7549 3704 7552 3701 7528
3698 7522 3694 7520 3676 7527 3655 7553
3655 7587 3693 7599 3691 7619 3696 7630
3702 7634 3709 7632 3716 7640 3715 7641
TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 313DEG 10KT 3715 7613
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
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Wray