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FZUS72 KMHX 052106
MWSMHX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
506 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
AMZ131-150-230-231-052115-
/O.CON.KMHX.MA.W.0028.000000T0000Z-260405T2115Z/
506 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
ALBEMARLE SOUND...
ALLIGATOR RIVER...
CROATAN AND ROANOKE SOUNDS...
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC TO OREGON INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM...
AT 504 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 NM WEST OF SOUTH TOWER TO KITTY HAWK TO NEAR
ALLIGATOR RIVER BRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...MARINE OBSERVATION. AT 458 PM EDT, A 40 KNOT WIND GUST WAS
MEASURED AT THE ALLIGATOR RIVER BRIDGE.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAGS HEAD, KITTY HAWK, KILL DEVIL HILLS, THE VICINITY OF MASHOES, THE
CENTER OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND, THE CENTER OF ROANOKE SOUND, THE
CENTER OF CROATAN SOUND, DUCK, ALLIGATOR RIVER BRIDGE, AND THE MOUTH
OF THE ALLIGATOR RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3608 7562 3584 7556 3587 7632 3612 7611
3615 7606 3615 7600 3618 7600 3614 7587
3611 7585 3607 7580 3609 7574 3622 7577
3622 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 263DEG 28KT 3630 7552 3610 7571 3587 7604
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
MARTIN
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