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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
251 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
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251 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
NEUSE AND BAY RIVERS...
AT 251 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS
WAS LOCATED NEAR MID POINT OF CHERRY BRANCH-MINNESOTT BEACH FERRY
TERMINAL, OR NEAR ORIENTAL, MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS, AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD
RESULT IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE VICINITY OF SLOCUM CREEK, ORIENTAL, MID POINT OF CHERRY
BRANCH-MINNESOTT BEACH FERRY TERMINAL, THE VICINITY OF ADAMS CREEK,
THE VICINITY OF SOUTH RIVER, THE VICINITY OF HANCOCK CREEK, AND THE
VICINITY OF CLUBFOOT CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3509 7696 3515 7653 3487 7653 3495 7695
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 266DEG 17KT 3501 7677
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...49KTS
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