Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
640 AM EDT Tue Apr 16 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...
  Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina
  border out to 20 nm...

* Until 730 AM EDT.

* At 638 AM EDT, observations indicated that winds behind a cold
  front were gusting to around 35 knots. These gusts will persist
  for the next half hour before diminishing.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Observations.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lynnhaven, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 1st Island Bay Bridge,
  Fishermans Island, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront,
  Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry Wreck, Cape Henry, Rudee
  Inlet, and Sandbridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek safe shelter, mariners can expect gusty winds and increasing
waves.

&&

LAT...LON 3691 7616 3692 7618 3713 7598 3710 7597
      3710 7596 3675 7572 3672 7597 3682 7601
      3679 7607 3680 7609 3691 7619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 345DEG 14KT 3679 7595

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

$$

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