NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0135June 28, 2026
Special Marine Warning: S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM
The National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City issued a special marine warning for S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM, which was in force until 8:15 p.m. local time on June 28. It was the 135th special marine warning the NWS office in Newport/Morehead City issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 39 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 Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM and Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:36 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- Expires
- 8:15 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0135
- 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 Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM... Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 736 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over The Vicinity Of Davis, or 8 nm northeast of Harkers Island, moving east at 35 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... The Vicinity Of Atlantic, Ar255, The Vicinity Of Davis, Drum Inlet, and Ar275.
What the agency told people to do
Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects.
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