{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.706014d4255223822c73641e9d4bea57e4735edd.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Marine Warning issued July 21 at 6:03PM EDT until July 21 at 7:30PM 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%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.706014d4255223822c73641e9d4bea57e4735edd.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":265,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Marine Warning: Special Marine Warning issued July 21 at 6:03PM EDT until July 21 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM; Waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chintoteague VA from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Chincoteague VA to Parramore Island VA from 20 to 60 NM\n**Issued by:** NWS Wakefield VA\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T18:03:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T18:03:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T19:30:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSMWAKQ\n\nThe National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a\n\n* Special Marine Warning for...\nCoastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20\nNM...\nCoastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20\nNM...\nWaters from Chincoteague VA to Parramore Island VA from 20 to 60\nNM...\nWaters from Fenwick Island DE to Chintoteague VA from 20 to 60\nNM...\n\n* Until 730 PM EDT.\n\n* At 603 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from 6 nm northwest of African Queen Wreck to near\nBlackfish Reef to near Rappahannock Range Light, moving east at 35\nknots.\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...\nWachapreague Inlet, Ocean City Inlet, Chincoteague Bay, Chicken\nBone, Parking Lot, Assateague Beach, Wachapreague Reef, Blackfish\nReef, Gulf Rambler Wreck, Ocean City Pier, 10 Nm East Of Ocean City\nInlet, Jackspot Reef, Chincoteague, 10 Nm Se Fenwick Island, Bone\nWreck, and African Queen Wreck.\n\n## Instructions\nMove to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes."}