{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.3f7a09445c2d384fe25b4c97e803407e29ca546a.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Marine Warning issued June 10 at 6:59PM EDT until June 10 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-06-10","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.3f7a09445c2d384fe25b4c97e803407e29ca546a.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Wakefield VA"},"word_count":340,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Marine Warning: Special Marine Warning issued June 10 at 6:59PM EDT until June 10 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Currituck Sound; Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM; Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM; Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM; Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia - North Carolina Border from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC from 20 to 60 NM\n**Issued by:** NWS Wakefield VA\n**Sent:** 2026-06-10T18:59:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-06-10T18:59:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-06-10T21:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSMWAKQ\n\nThe National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a\n\n* Special Marine Warning for...\nCoastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina\nborder out 20 NM...\nCoastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20\nNM...\nCoastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out\n20 NM...\nCurrituck Sound...\nWaters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia - North Carolina Border\nfrom 20 to 60 NM...\nWaters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC from 20 to 60\nNM...\nWaters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to\n60 NM...\n\n* Until 900 PM EDT.\n\n* At 659 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from near Triangle Reef to Buoy 4a Drydocks to 9 nm\nsouthwest of Knotts Island Bay, moving east at 25 knots.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and\nsuddenly higher waves.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nHot Dog Area Off Virginia Beach, Horseshoe, Currituck Sound,\nChesapeake Light Tower, Currituck Beach Light, Knotts Island Bay,\nBuoy 4a Drydocks, Deal Island, Fish Hook, South Tower, Triangle\nReef, Currituck Beach, 10 Nm East Of Virginia Beach Oceanfront, and\n26 Mile Hill.\n\n## Instructions\nMove to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes."}