NWS Mount Holly NJMA.W 0161August 28, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM
The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly issued a special marine warning for Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM, which was in force until 1:15 p.m. local time on August 28. It was the 161st special marine warning the NWS office in Mount Holly issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1 hour; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mount Holly NJ
- Area
- Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:14 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- Expires
- 1:15 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPHI MA.W 0161
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm... * Until 115 PM EDT. * At 1213 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Bethany Beach, moving east at 10 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... Fenwick Island and Rehoboth Beach.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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