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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
714 PM EST WED JAN 25 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC FROM 20 TO 40
NM...
WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM...
* UNTIL 815 PM EST.
* AT 714 PM EST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 7 NM SOUTH OF WR4, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY, FRYING PAN SHOALS LIGHT TOWER, WRECK 33 AND
CITY OF HOUSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. BOATERS SHOULD
SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. IF CAUGHT ON
THE OPEN WATER, PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS. MAKE SURE YOU
AND YOUR CREW ARE WEARING PROPERLY FITTED LIFE JACKETS.
LAT...LON 3387 7717 3380 7726 3359 7734 3348 7740
3323 7778 3330 7787 3415 7717 3397 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 225DEG 45KT 3375 7745
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
SCALORA
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