Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
952 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 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...
  Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA 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 1100 PM EDT.

* At 952 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 1st Island Bay Bridge to 14 nm west of Deal Island
  to 10 nm northeast of Edenton, moving east at 40 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Cape Henry and Cape Henry Wreck around 955 PM EDT.
  Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Rudee Inlet, and Sandbridge around 1000
  PM EDT.
  Anglo African Wreck around 1005 PM EDT.
  Deal Island around 1010 PM EDT.
  10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront and Knotts Island Bay
  around 1015 PM EDT.
  Chesapeake Light Tower around 1020 PM EDT.
  Buoy 4a Drydocks around 1025 PM EDT.
  Currituck Beach Light around 1030 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. If caught on the
open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded
metal objects.

&&

LAT...LON 3619 7588 3646 7606 3647 7614 3651 7614
      3655 7608 3661 7609 3663 7604 3673 7603
      3675 7599 3692 7605 3693 7601 3709 7593
      3709 7598 3717 7598 3726 7508 3684 7526
      3624 7529 3623 7577 3620 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 251DEG 39KT 3694 7613 3655 7619 3621 7649

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

$$

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