Special Marine Warning issued April 19 at 3:16PM EDT until April 19 at 4:15PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC

Details

SMWMHX

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
Pamlico Sound...
S of Cape Hatteras NC to Ocracoke Inlet NC out to 20 NM...
S of Oregon Inlet NC to Cape Hatteras NC out to 20 NM...

* Until 415 PM EDT.

* At 314 PM EDT, a front was located 15 nm south of Ar225, or 16 nm
southwest of Monitor Marine Sanctuary, moving south at 25 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater associated with northerly
surge behind cold front.

SOURCE...Buoy.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
Cape Hatteras, Engelhard, Monitor Marine Sanctuary, Hatteras Inlet,
The Mouth Of The Pamlico River, Pamlico Sound, Ar225, Pea Island
National Wildlife Refuge, Ar160, Hatteras Village, Ar230,
Swanquarter, Ar220, Diamond Shoals, Ocracoke, Rodanthe, and The
Center Of The Pamlico Sound.