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Warning

Special Marine Warning

S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM

Ended Oct 11, 4:45 PM EDT

Waterspout possibleMoving north northeast at 29 mph
20 MI
10 MI
Map of the Special Marine Warning over S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM, with the area it draws around the storm. Drawn on the national sheet; the scale is at its foot.
In force from
Oct 11, 3:56 PM EDT
Until
Oct 11, 4:45 PM EDT
Issued
Oct 11, 3:56 PM EDT
Office
Newport/Morehead City, NC
Number
402 of its kind from this office this year
Severity
Severe
Storm motion
Moving north northeast at 29 mph
Where
Atlantic waters

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...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 356 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Ar345, or 11 nm southeast of Bogue Inlet, moving northeast at 25 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... Atlantic Beach, The Center Of Bogue Sound, Salter Path, Beaufort Inlet, The Vicinity Of Pine Knoll Shores, Ar320, Ar345, Ar315, The Turning Basin, Ar340, Ar330, The Morehead City-Atlantic Beach Bridge, and The Vicinity Of Atlantic Beach Bridge.

What to do

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for eastern North Carolina...and the adjacent coastal waters.

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