Special Marine Warning

SMWILM

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out 20 NM...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 522 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 15 nm west of North Masonboro Island to near Myrtle Beach, moving southeast at 30 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... Myrtle Beach Rock, Little River Offshore Reef, Springmaid Pier, A R 445, Cape Fear Sea Buoy, Paradise Reef, Little River Sea Buoy, Jungle, Belky Bear, Cherry Grove Inlet, Little River Reef, Lockwood Folly Inlet Sea Buoy, Sherman Wreck, Shallotte River Inlet Sea Buoy, Little River Entrance, and Bald Head Island.