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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
300 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM OVER
  ATLANTIC OFFSHORE WATERS...
  INCLUDING BEAUFORT INLET...AR315...BIG TEN FATHOM AND HARKERS
  ISLAND...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT OVER BIG TEN FATHOM...MOVING
  NORTH AT 25 KNOTS.

* THIS WATERSPOUT WILL BE NEAR
  OVER NORTHWEST PLACES BY 310 PM EDT
  OVER R-8 BUOY BY 325 PM EDT
  6 NM SOUTH OF BEAUFORT INLET...6 NM SOUTHEAST OF AR315 AND 7 NM
  SOUTHWEST OF HARKERS ISLAND BY 330 PM EDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.

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LAT...LON 3467 7681 3473 7654 3462 7652 3460 7654
      3457 7650 3433 7645 3429 7666
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 166DEG 25KT 3439 7658

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