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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1255 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT NC TO SURF CITY NC OUT TO 20 NM...
S OF OCRACOKE INLET NC TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT TO 20 NM...
WATERS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO SURF CITY NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM...
WATERS FROMOCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM...
* UNTIL 200 AM EST.
* AT 1255 AM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BIG TEN
FATHOM TO 14 NM SOUTH OF AR345, MOVING NORTH AT 45 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
14 BUOY, NORTHWEST PLACES, THE KNUCKLE BUOY, AND BIG TEN FATHOM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3392 7663 3395 7675 3401 7689 3398 7696
3407 7707 3452 7698 3451 7614 3398 7626
3392 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 196DEG 44KT 3433 7659 3430 7691
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
RJ
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