


Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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270 WHUS51 KAKQ 152129 SMWAKQ ANZ630>632-634-638-152300- /O.NEW.KAKQ.MA.W.0030.250415T2129Z-250415T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 529 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 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 Smith Point to Windmill Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 528 PM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from Crisfield to near Nandua Pungoteague Reef to near Cherrystone Reef to near Willoughby Bay to 17 nm south of Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, moving east at 25 knots. 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... New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Crisfield, Thimble Shoals, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Occohannock Reef, Hampton Flats, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Cabbage Patch, Longs Creek Inlet, Rappahannock Light, Latimer Shoal, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Mobjack Bay, Gwynns Island Reef, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, and Smith Point. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3709 7632 3713 7637 3712 7642 3726 7639 3737 7645 3743 7630 3753 7635 3789 7631 3790 7591 3798 7587 3799 7581 3800 7565 3797 7560 3749 7591 3690 7599 3683 7606 3692 7626 3689 7647 3694 7653 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 269DEG 26KT 3796 7587 3765 7594 3730 7605 3696 7624 3666 7656 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...40KTS $$ Zimmerman