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Special Marine Warning
ActiveDelaware 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
Ends
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWPHI
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Delaware Bay... Coastal and outer waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Fenwick Island DE...
* Until 930 PM EDT.
* At 723 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 7 nm west of Bowers Beach to 12 nm west of Slaughter Beach to 18 nm east of Miles River, moving east at 35 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... Five Fathoms Buoy, Buoy 2fb, Brown Shoal Light, Fenwick Island, Buoy 4fb, Buoy 3fb, Slaughter Beach, Cape Henlopen, East Point, Deepwater Reef, Miah Maull Light, Brandywine Shoal Light, Ocean City Reef, Indian River Inlet Bridge, Overfalls Shoal, The Lump, 28- Mile Wreck, Bethany Beach, Cross Ledge Light, and Fourteen Foot Bank Light.
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