Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
230 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 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...
  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...
  Currituck Sound...
  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...
  Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to
  40 nm...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 230 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Lynnhaven to 10 nm west of Sandbridge to 23 nm south
  of Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, moving east at 50 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...
  Hot Dog Area Off Virginia Beach, Horseshoe, Chesapeake Light Tower,
  Anglo African Wreck, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry,
  Sandbridge, Buoy 4a Drydocks, Deal Island, Fish Hook, Lynnhaven,
  Triangle Reef, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry
  Wreck, and Rudee Inlet.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3653 7610 3655 7608 3661 7609 3663 7607
      3663 7604 3669 7601 3673 7603 3676 7599
      3682 7601 3679 7608 3684 7617 3707 7604
      3707 7576 3704 7552 3705 7549 3707 7512
      3684 7526 3669 7522 3654 7534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 259DEG 48KT 3694 7608 3670 7615 3655 7637

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

$$

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