Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
719 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  ALBEMARLE SOUND...
  PAMLICO SOUND...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM...
  WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO SURF CITY NC FROM 20 TO
  40 NM...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT
  20 NM...

  INCLUDING BATH...BEAUFORT...BEAUFORT INLET...BOGUE INLET...CEDAR
  ISLAND...ENGELHARD...HOBUCKEN...NEW RIVER INLET...  ORIENTAL...THE
  CENTER OF CROATAN SOUND...THE CENTER OF ROANOKE SOUND...THE
  MOUTH OF THE ALLIGATOR RIVER...THE MOUTH OF THE NEUSE RIVER AND
  THE MOUTH OF THE PAMLICO RIVER...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING SEVERE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50
  KNOTS FROM 27 NM WEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE ALLIGATOR RIVER TO 50 NM
  WEST OF NEW RIVER INLET...OR FROM 5 NM NORTHEAST OF EDENTON TO 42
  NM NORTHWEST OF TOPSAIL BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS.

  THE GUST FRONT HAS PUSHED AHEAD OF THE LINE THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
  WILL ARRIVE 20 TO 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GUST
  FRONT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS WITH
  STRONGER GUSTS LIKELY WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORMS.

* THE GUST FRONT WILL BE
  OVER BATH BY 730 PM EDT
  6 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE ALLIGATOR RIVER BY 750 PM EDT
  OVER THE MOUTH OF THE PAMLICO RIVER AND HOBUCKEN BY 800 PM EDT
  OVER ORIENTAL BY 805 PM EDT
  OVER THE MOUTH OF THE NEUSE RIVER BY 810 PM EDT
  OVER NEW RIVER INLET...THE CENTER OF BOGUE SOUND...ENGELHARD AND
  BOGUE INLET BY 815 PM EDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3434 7740 3446 7755 3489 7680 3508 7703
      3505 7718 3506 7718 3511 7661 3555 7713
      3543 7662 3594 7664 3594 7660 3592 7664
      3540 7623 3584 7574 3593 7579 3563 7620
      3571 7609 3593 7640 3618 7534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 301DEG 41KT 3609 7649 3518 7747
          3504 7771 3483 7824

$$

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