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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
143 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
PAMLICO SOUND...
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 345 AM EST.
* AT 143 AM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE
KNUCKLE BUOY TO 21 NM SOUTH OF 14 BUOY, MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
DRUM INLET, AR285, AR275, ATLAS TANKER, R-8 BUOY, 14 BUOY, CAPE
LOOKOUT BIGHT, CAPE LOOKOUT, AND THE KNUCKLE BUOY.
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 3456 7661 3477 7644 3505 7617 3443 7577
3432 7591 3417 7601 3405 7613 3398 7626
3393 7641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 209DEG 44KT 3448 7652 3397 7654
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
RJ
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