NWS Wakefield VAMA.W 0045May 27, 2026
Special Marine Warning: 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, James River from Jame
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a special marine warning for 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, James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge and 1 more, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 45th special marine warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- 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, James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge and 1 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:45 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ MA.W 0045
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
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... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 644 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Burwell Bay, moving east at 25 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, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Burwell Bay, Thimble Shoals, Poquoson, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Dominion Pier, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, Hampton River Inlet, James River Bridge, Hampton Flats, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, Willoughby Bay, Sewells Point, Little Creek, and 4th Island Bay Bridge.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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