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Special Marine Warning
Issued: 6:05 PM Mar. 12, 2026 – National Weather Service
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 Smith Point to Windmill Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 205 PM EDT, a line of showers was located over Mobjack Bay, moving northeast at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Crisfield, Thimble Shoals, Tangier Island, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Hump, The Cell, Cabbage Patch, Longs Creek Inlet, Cape Charles Harbor, Windmill Point, Lower Bernard Island, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock Light, and Latimer Shoal. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. Report severe weather to the Coast Guard or the National Weather Service. && HAIL...0.00IN; WIND...40KTS
Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 5:58 PM Mar. 12, 2026 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest 20 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt and waves 3 to 5 ft expected. A brief period with N to NW winds gusting up to 40 kt will persist until 4 pm. * WHERE...Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA and Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT this evening. * 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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