NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0399September 14, 2026
Special Marine Warning: S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM, S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM, Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM and 1
The National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City issued a special marine warning for S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM, S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM, Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM and 1 more, which was in force until 7:15 p.m. local time on September 14. It was the 399th special marine warning the NWS office in Newport/Morehead City issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Newport/Morehead City NC
- Area
- S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM, S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM, Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM and 1 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:13 p.m. EDT, September 14, 2026
- Expires
- 7:15 p.m. EDT, September 14, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0399
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWMHX The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM... S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM... Waters from Cape Lookout to Surf City NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 513 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Cape Lookout, moving south at 20 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Atlantic Beach, Northwest Places, Beaufort Inlet, The Vicinity Of Pine Knoll Shores, Ar320, R-8 Buoy, 14 Buoy, Beaufort, Cape Lookout Bight, The Knuckle Buoy, Big Ten Fathom, Ar315, Harkers Island, The Turning Basin, Ar285, Ar330, Atlas Tanker, The Morehead City-Atlantic Beach Bridge, Cape Lookout, and The Vicinity Of Atlantic Beach Bridge.
What the agency told people to do
Boaters should seek safe harbor immediately until this storm passes. Wind gusts to 40 knots, high waves, dangerous lightning, and heavy rain are possible with this storm.
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