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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
101 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

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

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 101 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
  waterspouts was located 22 nm east of Atlas Tanker, moving east at
  5 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 7590 3469 7563 3455 7556 3454 7559
      3447 7569 3444 7576 3439 7582
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 248DEG 6KT 3449 7578

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

$$

OJC