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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
123 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
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 230 PM EDT.
* AT 122 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SURF CITY TO NEAR TOPSAIL BOXCARS TO 10 MILE
ROCKS, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERTY SHIP, DALLAS ROCK, BILLY MURRELL REEF, TOPSAIL BOXCARS,
TOPSAIL TIRE REEF, JOHNNY MERCER PIER, RICH INLET, WR2, HARRIS
REEF, 10 MILE ROCKS, AND FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND.
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 3418 7721 3410 7713 3390 7721 3376 7732
3420 7780 3427 7774 3431 7770 3440 7758
3444 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 324DEG 25KT 3439 7750 3428 7755 3413 7763
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
RGZ
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