Special Marine Warning for Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM
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What you need to know
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- Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM, 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... Lower Delaware Bay... Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm... * Until 300 PM EDT. * At 202 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Rehoboth Beach, moving east at 15 knots....
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Bulletin details
SMWPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Lower Delaware Bay... Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm... * Until 300 PM EDT. * At 202 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Rehoboth Beach, moving east at 15 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... Overfalls Shoal, Brown Shoal Light, Slaughter Beach, Cape Henlopen, Rehoboth Beach, Cape May Point, Buoy 2ms, Indian River Inlet Bridge, and Bethany Beach.
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Special Marine Warning issued August 28 at 2:02PM EDT until August 28 at 3:00PM 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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