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Special Marine Warning

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Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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SMWPHI
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Lower Delaware Bay... Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 515 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Brown Shoal Light, moving east at 15 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Overfalls Shoal, 28- Mile Wreck, Buoy 2fb, Brown Shoal Light, Buoy 4fb, Buoy 3fb, Cape May Reef, Cape May Point, Buoy 2ms, Brandywine Shoal Light, Wildwood Reef, and Wildwood.
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