Special Marine Warning for Currituck Sound
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Currituck Sound
- Effective
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- Severe
- Official urgency
- Immediate
- Official certainty
- Likely
What is happening
SMWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Currituck Sound... * Until 1230 AM EDT. * At 1141 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Duck, or 12 nm south of Currituck Sound, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Full official description
Bulletin details
SMWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Currituck Sound... * Until 1230 AM EDT. * At 1141 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Duck, or 12 nm south of Currituck Sound, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. 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... Kill Devil Hills.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued July 28 at 11:41PM EDT until July 29 at 12:30AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Official revision
Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Wakefield VA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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