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Special Marine Warning
CancelledS of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM; S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM
Status
Cancelled
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... 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 545 PM EDT.
* At 419 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located over Ar315, moving southeast at 10 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts, wind gusts to 40 knots, and small hail.
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... Atlantic Beach, Bogue Sound, Northwest Places, Salter Path, Beaufort Inlet, Pine Knoll Shores, Ar320, R-8 Buoy, Cape Lookout Bight, Ar345, Beaufort, Emerald Isle, Ar315, Harkers Island, The Turning Basin, Ar340, and Ar330.
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