NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0054May 27, 2026
Special Marine Warning: S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM
The National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City issued a special marine warning for S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM, which was in force until 10:15 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 54th special marine warning the NWS office in Newport/Morehead City issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 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
- S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:27 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 10:15 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0054
- 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 Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM... Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 927 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Ar140 to 11 nm northeast of Ar145, moving east at 30 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. * Locations impacted include... Ar140, Ar130, and Ar145.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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