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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
544 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  YORK RIVER...
  JAMES RIVER FROM JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO HAMPTON ROADS
  BRIDGE-TUNNEL...
  JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 539 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL
  FROM 17 NM WEST OF RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL
  POINT TO 36 NM NORTHWEST OF JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES
  RIVER BRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.

* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE AROUND 630 PM
  EDT.
  YORK RIVER AROUND 630 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS...SMALL HAIL...
HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD
SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3718 7679 3713 7671 3719 7668 3705 7667
      3700 7659 3699 7664 3694 7649 3705 7632
      3701 7644 3712 7661 3727 7658 3723 7639
      3726 7639 3725 7650 3738 7663 3738 7665
      3728 7659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 328DEG 21KT 3764 7681 3756 7691
          3743 7696 3744 7704 3745 7718

$$

JFOSTER