Special Marine Warning

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The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM... Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM... Currituck Sound...

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 249 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm west of Knotts Island Bay to 9 nm west of Currituck Sound, moving east at 15 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... Currituck Beach Light, Currituck Beach, Knotts Island Bay, Currituck Sound, Buoy 4a Drydocks, and Deal Island.