Special Marine Warning

SMWMHX

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Pamlico Sound... S of Cape Hatteras NC to Ocracoke Inlet NC out to 20 NM... S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 443 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm producing waterspouts was located near Ocracoke Inlet. The severe thunderstorm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts to 40 knots.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include... Hatteras Village, Ar250, Hatteras Inlet, Ar230, Ocracoke Inlet, Ar220, Ar255, Ocracoke, and The Center Of The Pamlico Sound.