Special Marine Warning

SMWMHX

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Albemarle Sound...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 515 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm southwest of Edenton to 8 nm northeast of The Center Of The Albemarle Sound, moving southeast at 15 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include... Albemarle Sound, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, The Vicinity Of Mashoes, The Center Of The Albemarle Sound, Highway 94 Bridge, Bull Bay/scuppernong River, The Mouth Of The Perquimans River, and Edenton.