NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0056May 28, 2026
Special Marine Warning: S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM, Albemarle Sound and Croatan and Roanoke Sounds
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, Albemarle Sound and Croatan and Roanoke Sounds, which was in force until 1:45 a.m. local time on May 28. It was the 56th special marine warning the NWS office in Newport/Morehead City issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 55 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, Albemarle Sound and Croatan and Roanoke Sounds
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:50 a.m. EDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 1:45 a.m. EDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0056
- 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... Albemarle Sound... Croatan and Roanoke Sounds... S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NM... * Until 145 AM EDT. * At 1250 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 nm west of Currituck Sound to near The Mouth Of The Perquimans River, moving east at 35 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Duck, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, The Center Of The Albemarle Sound, and Ar130.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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