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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
742 AM EDT Sat May 18 2024

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 nm...
  Waters fromOcracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 40 nm...

* Until 815 AM EDT.

* At 742 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
  waterspouts was located 9 nm northeast of Atlas Tanker, moving east
  at 20 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.

* The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily
overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor
immediately.

&&

LAT...LON 3454 7616 3465 7617 3478 7577 3453 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 260DEG 22KT 3461 7608

WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

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