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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1144 AM EDT MON APR 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM...
OUTER WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO FENWICK ISLAND DE FROM 20 TO 60
NM...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.
* AT 1144 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS
LOCATED 7 NM EAST OF FENWICK ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
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...
DELAWARE LIGHTSHIP BUOY 44009.
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 3830 7455 3844 7499 3856 7497 3857 7426
3822 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 277DEG 16KT 3847 7490
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
HOEFLICH
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