Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
754 PM EDT Sun Jul 27 2025

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  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...

* Until 915 PM EDT.

* At 754 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Sandbridge to 12 nm west of Deal Island to 23
  nm south of Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, moving southeast at
  30 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...
  Currituck Beach Light, Currituck Beach, Knotts Island Bay,
  Currituck Sound, Deal Island, and Kill Devil Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3611 7585 3632 7594 3634 7599 3646 7606
      3645 7611 3647 7614 3651 7614 3655 7608
      3661 7609 3663 7604 3669 7601 3672 7602
      3678 7582 3622 7552 3622 7577 3610 7574
      3613 7575 3609 7574 3608 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 318DEG 25KT 3672 7590 3660 7613 3654 7644

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS

$$

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