NWS Wakefield VAMA.W 0209August 28, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA and Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a special marine warning for Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA and Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA, which was in force until 7:15 p.m. local time on August 28. It was the 209th special marine warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 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 and Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:11 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- Expires
- 7:15 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ MA.W 0209
- 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... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 611 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over New Point Comfort, moving southeast at 10 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... Tue Marshes Light, New Point Comfort, York Spit Reef, Buoy 36a, The Hump, Plantation Light, Cabbage Patch, and Poquoson.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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