NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0055May 27, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC from 20 to 60 NM
The National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City issued a special marine warning for Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC from 20 to 60 NM, which was in force until 11:00 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 55th special marine warning the NWS office in Newport/Morehead City issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 53 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
- Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC from 20 to 60 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:07 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 11:00 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0055
- 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... Waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 1100 PM EDT. * At 1007 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 18 nm east of South Tower to 25 nm east of Ar145, moving east at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Strong thunderstorms will remain over mainly open waters.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.
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