NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0386September 5, 2026
Special Marine Warning: S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Cape Lookout to Surf City NC from 20 to 60 NM
The National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City issued a special marine warning for S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Cape Lookout to Surf City NC from 20 to 60 NM, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 386th 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 Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Cape Lookout to Surf City NC from 20 to 60 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:50 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0386
- 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 Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM... Waters from Cape Lookout to Surf City NC from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 550 PM EDT, a gust front was located along a line extending from New River Inlet to 6 nm southwest of 14 Buoy, moving south at 20 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... New River Inlet, Ar355, and The Vicinity Of Sneads Ferry Bridge.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.
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