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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
301 PM EDT THU MAY 28 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...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 300 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...AT 257PM, A GUST TO 51 KTS WAS REPORTED AT WILMINGTON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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,
RICH INLET, 5 MILE BOXCARS, NORTH MASONBORO ISLAND, FIGURE EIGHT
ISLAND, 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.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3416 7738 3394 7762 3411 7785 3416 7783
3424 7777 3433 7768
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 308DEG 24KT 3427 7785
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
ABW
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