Special Marine Warning for Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM +1 more
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What you need to know
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- Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM, Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE, Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE
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What is happening
SMWPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Delaware Bay... Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm... * Until 200 AM EDT. * At 1236 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 nm southwest of Bowers...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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Bulletin details
SMWPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Delaware Bay... Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm... * Until 200 AM EDT. * At 1236 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 nm southwest of Bowers Beach to 23 nm southwest of Slaughter Beach, 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... Brown Shoal Light, Fourteen Foot Bank Light, Slaughter Beach, Cape Henlopen, East Point, Bowers Beach, Cape May Point, Miah Maull Light, Brandywine Shoal Light, Wildwood, Overfalls Shoal, Fortesque Beach, and Cross Ledge Light.
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Special Marine Warning issued August 3 at 12:36AM EDT until August 3 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Mount Holly NJ. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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