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WHUS52 KILM 111945
SMWILM
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
345 PM EDT MON MAY 11 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 LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20
NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
* AT 345 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SUNSET BEACH,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
CHERRY GROVE INLET, LITTLE RIVER REEF, LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET SEA
BUOY, A R 445, CAPE FEAR SEA BUOY, SHALLOTTE RIVER INLET SEA BUOY,
CAPE FEAR KNUCKLE BUOY, LITTLE RIVER ENTRANCE, MOUNT DIRFY'S WRECK,
LITTLE RIVER SEA BUOY, AND CASWELL 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 3389 7802 3386 7801 3384 7796 3389 7795
3370 7765 3362 7770 3357 7776 3362 7810
3384 7860 3390 7838 3391 7815
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 296DEG 26KT 3390 7850
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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