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Special Marine Warning issued April 19 at 10:55AM EDT until April 19 at 12:30PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

Currituck Sound; Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM; Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out to 20 NM; Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia - North Carolina Border from 20 to 60 NM Source: NOAA / NWS

Détails

SMWAKQ

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...
Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina
border out to 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 60 NM...
Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to
60 NM...

* Until 1230 PM EDT.

* At 1054 AM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from 8
nm north of Chesapeake Light Tower to 13 nm south of Little Creek,
moving southeast at 35 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...
Hot Dog Area Off Virginia Beach, Horseshoe, Chesapeake Light Tower,
Anglo African Wreck, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry, Ship
Shoal Inlet, Sandbridge, Buoy 4a Drydocks, Fish Hook, Triangle
Reef, Fishermans Island, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront,
Cape Charles Light, Cape Henry Wreck, Rudee Inlet, and Deal Island.

Recommandations

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

Seek safe shelter, mariners can expect gusty winds and increasing
waves.