NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0392September 5, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Waters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM
The National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City issued a special marine warning for Waters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM, which was in force until 8:30 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 392nd special marine warning the NWS office in Newport/Morehead City issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 39 minutes; 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
- Waters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:51 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 8:30 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0392
- 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... Waters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 751 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 39 nm south of Monitor Marine Sanctuary, moving east at 15 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * The strong thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather 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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