{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.6a71211fdf91215404e46f849283b35878c95457.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Marine Warning issued July 21 at 6:44PM EDT until July 21 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.6a71211fdf91215404e46f849283b35878c95457.001.1","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":206,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Marine Warning: Special Marine Warning issued July 21 at 6:44PM EDT until July 21 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** 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\n**Issued by:** NWS Wakefield VA\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T18:44:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T18:44:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T19:45:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSMWAKQ\n\nThe National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a\n\n* Special Marine Warning for...\nChesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA...\nChesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA...\nRappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point...\n\n* Until 745 PM EDT.\n\n* At 644 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from 9 nm northwest of Irvington to Windmill Point,\nmoving east at 40 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...\nWindmill Point, Lower Bernard Island, Nandua Pungoteague Reef,\nCrisfield, Irvington, Urbanna Inlet, Tangier Island, Anglers Reef,\nSmith Point, Stingray Point, Onancock Inlet, Occohannock Reef,\nWatts Island, Longs Creek Inlet, White Stone Bridge, San Marcos\nWreck, and Northern Neck Reef.\n\n## Instructions\nMove to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes."}