NWS Newport/Morehead City NCMA.W 0124June 28, 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 6:00 a.m. local time on June 28. It was the 124th special marine warning the NWS office in Newport/Morehead City issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; 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
- 4:55 a.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 a.m. EDT, June 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMHX MA.W 0124
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
NWS notices, June 2026The latest from the National Weather Service
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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 600 AM EDT. * At 454 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 17 nm east of Ar160, or 20 nm northeast of Rodanthe, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * The strong thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
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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