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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
303 AM EDT Sun Apr 27 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...

* Until 430 AM EDT.

* At 301 AM EDT, marine observations indicated occasional gusts of 
  35 to 40 knots across the Chesapeake Bay associated with a 
  secondary cold air advection surge well behind a cold front. 
  Occasional gusts to 40 knots are possible for the next hour or two.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Marine Observations.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef,
  Wolf Trap, Crisfield, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Tangier Island,
  Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock
  Reef, The Hump, The Cell, Willoughby Bay, Cabbage Patch, Longs
  Creek Inlet, Cape Charles Harbor, Windmill Point, and 1st Island
  Bay Bridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

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LAT...LON 3743 7630 3769 7641 3780 7637 3790 7647
      3790 7591 3798 7587 3799 7585 3802 7570
      3798 7561 3733 7593 3686 7600 3689 7623
      3702 7635 3703 7635 3710 7633 3714 7644
      3726 7639 3736 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 333DEG 19KT 3719 7613 

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

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