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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Wakefield VA

145 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...

  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 245 PM EDT.



* At 144 PM EDT, showers were located along a line extending from

  near Occohannock Reef to near Cobham Bay, moving northeast 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...

  New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Burwell Bay, Thimble

  Shoals, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Occohannock Reef,

  Hampton Flats, The Hump, The Cell, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point,

  Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor, Rappahannock Range Light,

  Rappahannock Light, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, and Mobjack

  Bay.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



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LAT...LON 3725 7664 3702 7641 3709 7631 3712 7643

      3717 7645 3726 7663 3736 7653 3729 7647

      3738 7645 3742 7630 3754 7636 3761 7629

      3761 7590 3713 7597 3693 7617 3689 7641

      3700 7667 3709 7670 3711 7677 3712 7677

TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 246DEG 49KT 3763 7605 3715 7665 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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