NWS Wakefield VAMA.W 0043May 27, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA and Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a special marine warning for Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA and Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 43rd 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 Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA and Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:13 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ MA.W 0043
- 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 Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 313 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 nm west of Urbanna Inlet to near Longs Creek Inlet, moving east to southeast at 40 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Strong thunderstorms will be near... White Stone Bridge, Urbanna Inlet, and Irvington around 320 PM EDT. Stingray Point around 330 PM EDT. Occohannock Reef and Gwynns Island Reef around 335 PM EDT. Gwynns Island, Rappahannock Light, and Hole In The Wall around 340 PM EDT. Nassawadox Reef and Rappahannock Range Light around 345 PM EDT. Wolf Trap and The Cell around 355 PM EDT. Cherrystone Reef around 410 PM EDT.
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.