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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Wakefield VA

605 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025



The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA...



* Until 700 PM EDT.



* At 605 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms and thunderstorm outflow winds 

  were located along a line extending from near Mouth Of The Potomac 

  River to near Smith Point to near Longs Creek Inlet, 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.



* Locations impacted include...

  Smith Point, Onancock Inlet, Lower Bernard Island, Nandua

  Pungoteague Reef, Crisfield, Watts Island, Longs Creek Inlet, San

  Marcos Wreck, Tangier Island, Northern Neck Reef, and Anglers Reef.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



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LAT...LON 3788 7644 3788 7642 3786 7637 3790 7636

      3791 7627 3789 7624 3789 7604 3791 7603

      3789 7603 3790 7591 3796 7586 3797 7587

      3797 7589 3799 7585 3802 7572 3797 7560

      3775 7566 3760 7581 3763 7635 3784 7636

TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 280DEG 42KT 3803 7637 3789 7631 3769 7634 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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Zimmerman