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Special Marine Warning
CancelledCurrituck Sound; Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM
Status
Cancelled
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM... Currituck Sound...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 449 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Knotts Island Bay, moving southeast at 10 knots.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
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 be near... Knotts Island Bay around 455 PM EDT. Currituck Beach Light around 515 PM EDT. Currituck Beach around 525 PM EDT. Currituck Sound around 535 PM EDT.
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