Special Marine Warning

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The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM... Waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chintoteague VA from 20 to 60 NM...

* Until 215 AM EDT.

* At 1213 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from Bethany Beach to near Ocean City Inlet to 14 nm north of Chincoteague Bay, moving east at 45 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.

* Locations impacted include... Ocean City Pier, 10 Nm East Of Ocean City Inlet, Assawoman Bay, Ocean City Inlet, Jackspot Reef, Chicken Bone, 10 Nm Se Fenwick Island, African Queen Wreck, Gulf Rambler Wreck, and Fenwick Island.