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

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 nm...
  S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 nm...

* Until 700 AM EDT.

* At 600 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
  waterspouts was located near Northwest Places, or 8 nm northwest of
  Big Ten Fathom, moving northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Atlas Tanker, R-8 Buoy, Cape Lookout Bight, Northwest Places, Cape
  Lookout, and Ar285.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3438 7673 3455 7683 3479 7633 3454 7619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1000Z 245DEG 18KT 3450 7670

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

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