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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
325 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
PAMLICO SOUND...
S OF CAPE HATTERAS NC TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM...
S OF OREGON INLET NC TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT TO 20 NM...
WATERS FROM OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM...
* UNTIL 415 AM EST.
* AT 325 AM EST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR AR225, OR 9 NM SOUTHWEST OF MONITOR
MARINE SANCTUARY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPE HATTERAS, DIAMOND SHOALS, AND MONITOR MARINE SANCTUARY.
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 3493 7556 3497 7565 3547 7551 3532 7508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 203DEG 38KT 3501 7559
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS
RJ
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