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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
521 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET SC TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM SURF CITY NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC FROM 20 TO 60
NM...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 520 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 14 NM SOUTH OF SUNSET MID SHELF BUOY,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL
HAIL.
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.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
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 3303 7838 3319 7821 3295 7749 3287 7784
3283 7807 3281 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 295DEG 30KT 3306 7821
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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