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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
606 AM EDT TUE SEP 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC FROM 20 TO 40
NM...
WATERS FROM OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM...
* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.
* AT 605 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 31 NM EAST OF AR160, OR 32 NM EAST OF
RODANTHE, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, 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...
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 3556 7486 3585 7516 3600 7489 3586 7484
3572 7481 3559 7479 3557 7479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 140DEG 7KT 3568 7480
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
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