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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1055 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026

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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3655 7593 3675 7600 3676 7599 3681 7601
      3681 7603 3690 7606 3727 7592 3713 7517
      3655 7526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1454Z 317DEG 34KT 3704 7565 3670 7623

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

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