NWS Wakefield VAMA.W 0221September 4, 2026
Special Marine Warning: 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 and 1
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield 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 and 1 more, which was in force until 3:45 a.m. local time on September 4. It was the 221st special marine warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 45 minutes; 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 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 and 1 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:00 a.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 3:45 a.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ MA.W 0221
- 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 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... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... * Until 345 AM EDT. * At 300 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 nm east of Rappahannock Range Light, moving east at 65 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... New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Tangier Island, Stingray Point, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Cell, Longs Creek Inlet, Cape Charles Harbor, Windmill Point, Rappahannock Range Light, Lower Bernard Island, Rappahannock Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Mobjack Bay, Gwynns Island, Gwynns Island Reef, Anglers Reef, and Hole In The Wall.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.