For parts of the Chesapeake Bay and the adjoining rivers... SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1225 PM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA... 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... YORK RIVER... RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT... JAMES RIVER FROM JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE-TUNNEL... JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE... * UNTIL 115 PM EDT * AT 1221 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS FROM GWYNNS ISLAND TO JAMES RIVER BRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS. * THIS STRONG LINE OF STORMS WILL BE NEAR... NEW POINT COMFORT AND MONITOR MERRIMACK BRIDGE TUNNEL AROUND 1230 PM EDT. YORK SPIT REEF AND WOLF TRAP AROUND 1235 PM EDT. WILLOUGHBY BAY AND HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL AROUND 1240 PM EDT. NASSAWADOX REEF AND RAPPAHANNOCK RANGE LIGHT AROUND 1245 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS...HIGH WAVES... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFETY IF WATERSPOUTS DEVELOP.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:33:41 +0000
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