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Marine Thunderstorm Wind June 16, 2008 · Chesapeake Bay Windmill Pt To New Pt Comfort Va, Atlantic North

52 mph

Measured gust (45 kt)

Death

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind gust of 45 knots was measured at Rappahannock Light. A sailboat capsized during a storm near Hungars Creek off the Chesapeake Bay near Eastville. One man and one woman were on the boat. The man and woman were thrown from the boat into the Bay. The woman made it safely to shore. The man's body was found the next morning by the Coast Guard near the mouth of Mattawoman Creek on the Chesapeake Bay side of the Eastern Shore.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms produced gusty winds over portions of the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland and Virginia Coastal Waters.

Began near Windmill Point (37.6200, -76.2500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 120481. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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