Special Marine Warning for Nantucket Sound; Vineyard Sound; Buzzards Bay +3 more
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Buzzards Bay, Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket, Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 NM South of Block Island, Nantucket Sound, Rhode Island Sound, Vineyard Sound
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What is happening
SMWBOX The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Buzzards Bay... Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket... Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 NM South of Block Island... Nantucket Sound......
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... Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket... Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 NM South of Block Island... Nantucket Sound... Rhode Island Sound... Vineyard Sound... * Until 200 PM EDT. * At 107 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Chilmark, or over Squibnocket Bight, moving northeast at 30 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, Squibnocket Bight, Teaticket, Menemsha Bight, Lamberts Cove, Vineyard Haven Harbor, Long Point On Marthas Vineyard, Cape Poge Light, Gay Head Light, Point Gammon, and Edgartown Harbor.
Lifecycle record
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- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 23 at 1:07PM EDT until August 23 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
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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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