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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredWaters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM
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... Waters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 704 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 44 nm south of Monitor Marine Sanctuary, moving east at 25 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* The strong thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
Data from the National Weather Service
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