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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredAlbemarle Sound
Status
Ended
Started about 1 hour 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... Albemarle Sound...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 516 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near The Mouth Of The Perquimans River, moving southeast at 15 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.
* Locations impacted include... The Mouth Of The Perquimans River and Bull Bay/scuppernong River.
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