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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Wakefield VA

912 PM EST Tue Dec 2 2025



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...



* Until 1115 PM EST.



* At 908 PM EST, a colder drier airmass is moving down the 

  Chesapeake Bay, bringing strong northerly wind gusts, mainly 

  across the eastern side of the Bay and the mouth of the Bay.



  HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.



  SOURCE...Buoy and Wind Observations.



  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 

           suddenly higher waves.



* Locations impacted include...

  Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Tangier

  Island, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Hump, The Cell,

  Cabbage Patch, Cape Charles Harbor, 1st Island Bay Bridge,

  Rappahannock Range Light, Lower Bernard Island, Rappahannock Light,

  Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Kiptopeke

  Concrete Ships, Anglers Reef, and Hole In The Wall.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



Seek safe shelter, mariners can expect gusty winds and increasing

waves.



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LAT...LON 3789 7620 3789 7606 3793 7604 3791 7604

      3793 7603 3790 7603 3792 7589 3792 7577

      3791 7565 3768 7572 3760 7581 3756 7579

      3733 7593 3720 7596 3711 7592 3713 7594

      3688 7603 3692 7620

TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 354DEG 20KT 3777 7611 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...40KTS



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