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Special Marine Warning
CancelledS of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM
Status
Cancelled
Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 703 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Ar255, or 8 nm east of Drum Inlet, moving south at 20 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
Data from the National Weather Service
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