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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
621 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Pamlico Sound...
  S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM...
  S of Oregon Inlet NC to Cape Hatteras NC out to 20 NM...
  Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60
  NM...
  Waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC from 20 to 60 NM...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 620 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing
  waterspouts were located along a line extending from 10 nm
  southeast of Ar145 to near Rodanthe to 11 nm north of Pamlico
  Sound, moving east at 15 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...
  Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Ar160, and Rodanthe.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3601 7476 3567 7491 3541 7543 3560 7591
      3572 7555 3587 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 254DEG 15KT 3579 7524 3564 7542 3560 7579 

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

$$

RJ