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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
409 PM EST WED NOV 18 2009

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 BOGUE INLET...

* UNTIL 500 PM EST

* AT 407 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT 7 NM SOUTH OF AR345...OR
  ABOUT 16 NM SOUTHEAST OF BOGUE INLET...MOVING NORTH AT 15 KNOTS.

* THIS WATERSPOUT WILL BE NEAR
  OVER AR345 BY 435 PM EST
  OVER AR340 BY 445 PM EST
  OVER AR342 BY 455 PM EST
  5 NM EAST OF BOGUE INLET BY 500 PM EST

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.

THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3461 7726 3466 7724 3474 7692 3473 7691
      3438 7680 3431 7707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 162DEG 14KT 3442 7695

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