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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
550 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2025
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 TO CAPE FEAR NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 549 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DALLAS ROCK,
MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
10 MILE BOXCARS, LIBERTY SHIP, DALLAS ROCK, BILLY MURRELL REEF,
JOHNNY MERCER PIER, MASONBORO SEA BUOY, HARRIS REEF, 10 MILE ROCKS,
KURE BEACH POINT, BUOY OFF CAROLINA BEACH, TOPSAIL BOXCARS, TOPSAIL
TIRE REEF, 5 MILE BOXCARS, NORTH MASONBORO ISLAND, KURE BEACH, AND
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.
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 3408 7709 3399 7791 3416 7783 3424 7777
3434 7766 3444 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 265DEG 45KT 3428 7760
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
DCH
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