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Special Marine Warning
In effect:
Sunday, Apr 19 2026 8:45 AM EDT – Sunday, Apr 19 2026 10:45 AM EDT
Issued by NWS Wakefield VA
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...
Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point...
York River...
* Until 1045 AM EDT.
* At 844 AM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from near
Crisfield to 6 nm southwest of Smith Point, moving south 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.
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...
Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point...
York River...
* Until 1045 AM EDT.
* At 844 AM EDT, a front was located along a line extending from near
Crisfield to 6 nm southwest of Smith Point, moving south 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:
New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Crisfield, Urbanna
Inlet, Tangier Island, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Onancock
Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Cell, Longs Creek Inlet, Windmill
Point, Lower Bernard Island, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock
Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Mobjack Bay, Irvington, and Gwynns
Island.
New Point Comfort, Nassawadox Reef, Wolf Trap, Crisfield, Urbanna
Inlet, Tangier Island, Tue Marshes Light, Stingray Point, Onancock
Inlet, Occohannock Reef, The Cell, Longs Creek Inlet, Windmill
Point, Lower Bernard Island, Rappahannock Range Light, Rappahannock
Light, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Mobjack Bay, Irvington, and Gwynns
Island.
Instructions:
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Areas Impacted:
Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA
Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA
Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
York River
Special Marine Warning
In effect:
Sunday, Apr 19 2026 7:48 AM EDT – Sunday, Apr 19 2026 9:30 AM EDT
Issued by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT
Hazard:
Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
Source:
Observed wind.
Observed wind.
Impact:
Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.
Locations impacted include...
Hooper Island Light, Smith Island, Crisfield, Deep Hole, Nanticoke
River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, Ewell, Tangier Sound, Honga
River, Fishing Bay, Point No Point, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy,
and Deal Island.
Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.
Locations impacted include...
Hooper Island Light, Smith Island, Crisfield, Deep Hole, Nanticoke
River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, Ewell, Tangier Sound, Honga
River, Fishing Bay, Point No Point, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy,
and Deal Island.
Instructions:
Seek safe shelter...mariners can expect gusty winds and increasing
waves.
Seek safe shelter...mariners can expect gusty winds and increasing
waves.
Areas Impacted:
Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island