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Special Marine Warning
ActiveS of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM; S of Oregon Inlet NC to Cape Hatteras NC out to 20 NM; 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; Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM
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In Progress
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... S of Cape Hatteras NC to Ocracoke Inlet NC out to 20 NM... S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM... S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM... S of Oregon Inlet NC to Cape Hatteras NC out to 20 NM... Waters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC from 20 to 60 NM...
* Until 145 AM EDT.
* At 1219 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from near Oregon Inlet to near Pamlico Sound to 6 nm west of Ocracoke Inlet, moving southeast at 30 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts in excess of 50 knots.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Boats could suffer significant structural damage in high winds. Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Cape Hatteras, Monitor Marine Sanctuary, Hatteras Inlet, Ocracoke Inlet, Ar255, Ar225, Ar160, Ar250, Oregon Inlet, Ar230, Ar220, Diamond Shoals, Ocracoke, and Rodanthe.
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