Special Marine Warning

SMWMHX

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Waters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM...

* Until 300 PM EDT.

* At 100 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located 40 nm south of Monitor Marine Sanctuary, moving northeast at 15 knots.

HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts to 40 knots.

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.

* The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.