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...
Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina
border out 20 NM...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
waterspouts was located over Cape Henry Wreck, moving southeast at
15 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally
hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly
higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include...
Lynnhaven, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 1st Island Bay Bridge,
Chesapeake Light Tower, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront,
Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry Wreck, Cape Henry, Rudee
Inlet, 4th Island Bay Bridge, and Sandbridge.