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.
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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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