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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
744 PM EDT Thu Aug 14 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...
  Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA...
  James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads
  Bridge-Tunnel...
  James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge...
  York River...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 743 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Tue Marshes
  Light, moving east at 10 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, New Point Comfort, Cape Henry,
  Thimble Shoals, Tue Marshes Light, Hampton Flats, The Hump,
  Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor,
  1st Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Poquoson,
  Dominion Pier, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge
  Tunnel, York Spit Reef, and Buoy 36a.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3711 7649 3707 7648 3702 7641 3705 7638
      3709 7632 3713 7637 3712 7643 3718 7647
      3734 7641 3732 7605 3713 7594 3712 7597
      3710 7597 3709 7593 3691 7601 3691 7625
      3692 7626 3691 7628 3690 7653 3693 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 273DEG 11KT 3719 7638

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

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