NWS Wakefield VAMA.W 0227September 5, 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 JRB
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 JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River and 1 more, which was in force until 2:45 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 227th special marine warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 57 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 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 JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River and 1 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:48 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 2:45 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ MA.W 0227
- 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... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... * Until 245 PM EDT. * At 148 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 nm west of Poquoson, moving southeast at 35 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, Anglo African Wreck, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Cape Henry, Thimble Shoals, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, Hampton River Inlet, Hampton Flats, Bluefish Rock, Cape Henry Wreck, Little Creek, Rudee Inlet, 4th Island Bay Bridge, and Poquoson.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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