SMW#010
Channel: EAS Endcoder All WX Channels 
Date: 19/04/2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA...

  James River from Jamestown to the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel...

* Until 230 PM EDT.

* At 144 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Burwell Bay to 6 nm southwest of Monitor
  Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, moving east at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel and Dominion Pier around 200 PM
  EDT.
  James River Bridge around 205 PM EDT.
  Sewells Point around 210 PM EDT.
  Willoughby Bay and Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel around 215 PM EDT.
  Thimble Shoals, Hampton River Inlet, Hampton Flats and Poquoson
  around 220 PM EDT.
  Bluefish Rock around 230 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

Boaters should seek safe harbor immediately until these storms pass.
wind gusts 34 knots or greater, small hail, high waves, dangerous
lightning, and heavy rain are possible with these storms.

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