Special Marine Warning

SMWMHX

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM... S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 424 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Harkers Island to 9 nm southwest of The Vicinity Of Slocum Creek, moving south at 15 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots and small hail.

SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Locations impacted include... Atlantic Beach, The Center Of Bogue Sound, Salter Path, Beaufort Inlet, Ar342, The Vicinity Of Pine Knoll Shores, Ar320, Bogue Inlet, R-8 Buoy, The Vicinity Of Emerald Isle Bridge, Ar345, Beaufort, Cape Lookout Bight, The Knuckle Buoy, Emerald Isle, Ar315, Harkers Island, The Turning Basin, Ar340, and Ar285.