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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1001 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20
NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM SURF CITY NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC FROM 20 TO 60
NM...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 1001 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CAPE FEAR
KNUCKLE BUOY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRYING PAN SHOALS LIGHT TOWER, WRECK 33, RARITAN WRECK, FRYING PAN
SHOALS BUOY, CAPE FEAR KNUCKLE BUOY, CITY OF HOUSTON, AND MOUNT
DIRFY'S WRECK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.
MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR CREW ARE WEARING PROPERLY FITTED LIFE JACKETS.
LAT...LON 3359 7806 3378 7791 3359 7742 3330 7768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 294DEG 21KT 3363 7793
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
RJB
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