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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
455 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 455 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 15
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...
DALLAS ROCK, BILLY MURRELL REEF, TOPSAIL BOXCARS, TOPSAIL TIRE
REEF, JOHNNY MERCER PIER, RICH INLET, MASONBORO SEA BUOY, HARRIS
REEF, AND FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3438 7744 3422 7741 3417 7782 3425 7776
3431 7770 3440 7758 3444 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 249DEG 16KT 3428 7774
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
SCALORA
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