- In force from
- Oct 16, 10:18 PM EDT
- Until
- Oct 16, 11:45 PM EDT
- Issued
- Oct 16, 10:18 PM EDT
- Office
- Wakefield, VA
- Number
- 230 of its kind from this office this year
- Severity
- Severe
- Storm motion
- Moving south southeast at 25 mph
- Where
- Atlantic waters
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... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point...
* Until 1145 PM EDT.
* At 1018 PM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from near Nandua Pungoteague Reef to near Windmill Point to 7 nm west of Urbanna Inlet, moving southeast at 20 knots.
- 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... New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Thimble Shoals, Urbanna Inlet, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Hump, The Cell, Cape Charles Light, Cabbage Patch, Longs Creek Inlet, Cape Charles Harbor, Windmill Point, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock Light, Latimer Shoal, and Plantation Light.
What to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Every area Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA; Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA; Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA; Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
Read the platesWaterspout FB-EVT-012How to read a warning FB-STN-001
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