NWS Wakefield VAMA.W 0226September 5, 2026
Special Marine Warning: James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge and James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a special marine warning for James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge and James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River, which was in force until 2:30 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 226th special marine warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.2 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge and James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:16 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 2:30 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ MA.W 0226
- 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... James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River... James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge... * Until 230 PM EDT. * At 116 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 22 nm west of Burwell Bay to 9 nm northwest of Cobham Bay, moving east southeast 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... Hampton River Inlet, James River Bridge, Hampton Flats, Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, Willoughby Bay, Burwell Bay, Sewells Point, Cobham Bay, and Dominion Pier.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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