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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
155 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 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 300 PM EDT.
* AT 155 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, AND LARGE 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. LARGE HAIL COULD
RESULT IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERTY SHIP, DALLAS ROCK, BILLY MURRELL REEF, TOPSAIL BOXCARS,
TOPSAIL TIRE REEF, JOHNNY MERCER PIER, HARRIS REEF, RICH INLET,
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.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3423 7727 3416 7779 3419 7781 3431 7770
3444 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 245DEG 8KT 3427 7778
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...40KTS
IGB
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