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Special Marine Warning

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Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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SMWPHI
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 512 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from Miah Maull Light to 7 nm west of Rehoboth Beach, moving east at 25 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts, wind gusts 34 knots or greater, and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Rehoboth Beach, Cape Henlopen, Brandywine Shoal Light, and Brown Shoal Light around 520 PM EDT. Overfalls Shoal and East Point around 525 PM EDT. Indian River Inlet Bridge and Cape May Point around 530 PM EDT. Wildwood around 540 PM EDT. Buoy 2ms around 545 PM EDT. Buoy 3fb and Sea Isle City around 555 PM EDT. Cape May Reef, Wildwood Reef, and The Lump around 600 PM EDT. Buoy 4fb around 610 PM EDT.
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