Special Marine Warning

SMWBOX

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Buzzards Bay... Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 NM South of Block Island... Rhode Island Sound... Vineyard Sound...

* Until 115 PM EDT.

* At 1215 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Buzzards Bay Entrance Tower, moving northeast at 45 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Locations impacted include... Sakonnet Point Light, West Island In Buzzards Bay, Cuttyhunk Island, Woods Hole, Rocky Point, Round Hill Point, Horseneck Beach, Rhode Island Sound, The West End Of Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay Entrance Tower, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, and The Coastal Waters Between Block Island And Marthas Vineyard.