Special Marine Warning for Cape Cod Bay; Nantucket Sound; Buzzards Bay
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound
- Effective
- Ended
- Official severity
- Severe
- Official urgency
- Immediate
- Official certainty
- Likely
What is happening
SMWBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Buzzards Bay... Cape Cod Bay... Nantucket Sound... * Until 400 PM EDT. * At 304 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Wareham, or near The West End Of Cape Cod Canal, moving southeast at 20 knots....
What the bulletin says to do
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Full official description
Bulletin details
SMWBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Buzzards Bay... Cape Cod Bay... Nantucket Sound... * Until 400 PM EDT. * At 304 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Wareham, or near The West End Of Cape Cod Canal, moving southeast at 20 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Hyannisport, The West End Of Cape Cod Canal, The East End Of Cape Cod Canal, Barnstable Harbor, and Point Gammon.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 13 at 3:04PM EDT until August 13 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Official revision
Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Boston/Norton MA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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