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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Wakefield VA

828 PM EDT Mon Apr 15 2024



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...

  James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads

  Bridge-Tunnel...

  York River...



* Until 930 PM EDT.



* At 827 PM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from near

  James River Bridge to Cape Henry to 6 nm northeast of Chesapeake

  Light Tower, moving south at 35 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...

  Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Tue

  Marshes Light, Hampton Flats, The Hump, Willoughby Bay, Sewells

  Point, Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor, 1st Island Bay Bridge,

  Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Poquoson, Dominion Pier, Kiptopeke

  Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, York Spit

  Reef, and Buoy 36a.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



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LAT...LON 3704 7644 3702 7640 3705 7638 3709 7632

      3713 7637 3712 7642 3726 7640 3729 7594

      3720 7596 3713 7594 3712 7597 3710 7597

      3709 7593 3694 7601 3693 7601 3694 7600

      3692 7598 3691 7599 3689 7611 3696 7647

TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 344DEG 40KT 3693 7653 3692 7601 3700 7565 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...40KTS



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