Special Marine Warning for Currituck Sound
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Currituck Sound
- Effective
- Ended
- Official severity
- 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 330 PM EDT. * At 250 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 15 nm west of Knotts Island Bay to near Deal Island, moving southeast at 15 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts...
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 330 PM EDT. * At 250 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 15 nm west of Knotts Island Bay to near Deal Island, moving southeast at 15 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Currituck Beach Light, Knotts Island Bay, and Deal Island.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued September 4 at 2:50PM EDT until September 4 at 3:30PM 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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