Active Weather Alerts
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 10:03 PM May. 5, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 228 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD EASTERN BAY CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND
Special Marine Warning
Issued: 11:26 PM May. 5, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT... For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island... Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA... At 725 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 18 nm south of Westmoreland State Park to 16 nm southwest of Yeocomico River to 12 nm northwest of Urbanna Inlet. The strong thunderstorms were nearly stationary. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel. Locations impacted include... Breton Bay, Hooper Island Light, Cuckold Creek, Coltons Point, Coles Point, Saint George Island, Point No Point, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Greenwell State Park, Saint Leonard Creek, Saint Clements Bay, Piney Point, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Cobb Island, Point Lookout, Tall Timbers, Drum Point, and Nomini Bay. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. && HAIL...<.75IN; WIND...>34KTS
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 11:23 PM May. 5, 2025 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 223 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA BERTIE CHOWAN GATES HERTFORD PERQUIMANS IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHARLES CITY ESSEX KING WILLIAM KING AND QUEEN NEW KENT RICHMOND WESTMORELAND IN EASTERN VIRGINIA LANCASTER MATHEWS MIDDLESEX NORTHUMBERLAND IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA PRINCE GEORGE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA CITY OF FRANKLIN CITY OF HAMPTON CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS CITY OF POQUOSON CITY OF SUFFOLK CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG GLOUCESTER ISLE OF WIGHT JAMES CITY SOUTHAMPTON SURRY SUSSEX YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AHOSKIE, BACONS CASTLE, BARHAM, BARNETTS, BAVON, BOOTH FORK, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, BOYKINS, BRAYS FORK, BROWNS CORNER, BUSCH GARDENS, CAPE COLONY, CARET, CENTER CROSS, CENTERVILLE, CHAMPLAIN, CHIPPOKES STATE PARK, CHRISTENSONS CORNER, CLANCIE, COLONIAL BEACH, COURTLAND, CROAKER, DRAGONVILLE, DUNBROOKE, DUNNSVILLE, EDENHOUSE, EDENTON, EWELL, FIVE FORKS, FORT LEE, FRANKLIN, GATESVILLE, GLOUCESTER POINT, GRESSIT, GROVE, GWALTNEY CORNER, HAMPTON, HANCOCK, HERTFORD, HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE, HOWERTONS, HUNTERDALE, IVOR, KILMARNOCK, KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE, LANCASTER, LEWISETTA, LITTLE PLYMOUTH, MACEDONIA, MASCOT, MATTAPONI, MAVATON, MERRY HILL, MIDWAY, MOUNTCASTLE, NEW KENT AIRPORT, NEW POINT, NEW POINT COMFORT, NEWPORT NEWS, ORAPAX FARMS, PEARY, POOLESVILLE, POQUOSON, QUINTON, QUITSNA, ROXBURY, SAINT JOHNS, SMITHFIELD, SUFFOLK, TALLEYSVILLE, URBANNA, VALHALLA, WAKEFIELD, WARSAW, WAVERLY, WAYSIDE, WEST POINT, WILLIAMSBURG, WINDSOR, AND YORKTOWN.
Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 8:31 PM May. 5, 2025 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. * WHERE...Chesapeake Bay from North Beach MD to Smith Point VA, Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA, and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions. &&
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