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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
259 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 259 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 41 NM EAST OF
DIAMOND SHOALS TO 31 NM SOUTHEAST OF MONITOR MARINE SANCTUARY TO 39
NM SOUTHEAST OF AR250, MOVING EAST AT 35 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.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3491 7437 3473 7447 3448 7471 3432 7499
3443 7559 3477 7504 3519 7454 3521 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 252DEG 34KT 3497 7454 3470 7499 3446 7539
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
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