Weather Alerts
Special Marine Warning issued March 17 at 2:15AM EDT until March 17 at 3:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
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 James River Bridge to Hampton Roads
Bridge-Tunnel...
* Until 300 AM EDT.
* At 214 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Gwynns Island to near York Spit Reef to 10 nm
southwest of Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, moving northeast at
50 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...
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef,
Wolf Trap, Thimble Shoals, Hampton Flats, The Hump, The Cell,
Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor,
1st Island Bay Bridge, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock
Light, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Dominion Pier, Kiptopeke
Concrete Ships, and Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.
Small Craft Advisory issued March 17 at 12:57AM EDT until March 18 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, shifting
to the north to northwest later today. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
* WHERE...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 and Coastal waters
from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 nm.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.