NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0127June 28, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Pamlico Sound, Neuse and Bay Rivers and S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM
The National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City issued a special marine warning for Pamlico Sound, Neuse and Bay Rivers and S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM, which was in force until 3:15 p.m. local time on June 28. It was the 127th special marine warning the NWS office in Newport/Morehead City issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 40 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
- Pamlico Sound, Neuse and Bay Rivers and S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:35 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- Expires
- 3:15 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0127
- 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... Neuse and Bay Rivers... Pamlico Sound... S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM... * Until 315 PM EDT. * At 235 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over The Vicinity Of South River, or near The Mouth Of The Neuse River, moving east at 15 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... The Vicinity Of Atlantic, The Vicinity Of South River, Drum Inlet, Cedar Island, and The Vicinity Of Cedar Island.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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