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Special Marine Warning

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; York River; James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge; James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River; Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM

Special Marine Warning issued August 2 at 4:00PM EDT until August 2 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

Alert Description

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... Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... York River... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 359 PM EDT, a cluster of strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 16 nm west of Cobham Bay to 9 nm south of Burwell Bay to 14 nm south of Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, moving north to northeast at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Strong thunderstorms will be near... Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel and Burwell Bay around 410 PM EDT. Dominion Pier and James River Bridge around 415 PM EDT. Cobham Bay around 420 PM EDT. Sewells Point, Willoughby Bay, and Hampton Flats around 425 PM EDT. Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and Hampton River Inlet around 430 PM EDT. Thimble Shoals and Little Creek around 435 PM EDT. Poquoson around 440 PM EDT. Coleman Bridge around 445 PM EDT.

Safety Instructions

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

Time Information

Effective
Aug 2, 2026, 8:00 PM
Expires
Aug 2, 2026, 9:30 PM
Issued
Aug 2, 2026, 8:00 PM

Alert Details

Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Category
Met

Issued By

NWS Wakefield VA
National Weather Service

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