Special Marine Warning

SMWMHX

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

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

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 1254 PM EDT, trained weather spotters reported a severe thunderstorm producing waterspouts over Cedar Island, moving northeast at 10 knots.

HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Marine weather spotter.

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... The Vicinity Of Atlantic, Drum Inlet, Cedar Island, and The Vicinity Of Cedar Island.