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Special Marine Warning for Currituck Sound; Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM; Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM +2 more

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SMWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM... Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM... Currituck Sound... Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia...

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Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

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SMWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM... Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM... Currituck Sound... Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia North Carolina Border from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 1030 PM EDT. * At 915 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Rudee Inlet to 6 nm southwest of Sandbridge to near Knotts Island Bay, moving east at 35 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... Horseshoe, Currituck Beach, Currituck Beach Light, Sandbridge, Knotts Island Bay, Buoy 4a Drydocks, and Deal Island.

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    Special Marine Warning issued July 28 at 9:15PM EDT until July 28 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

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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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