# Special Marine Warning: S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM; S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM; Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Cape Lookout  to Surf City NC from 20 to 60 NM — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

Canonical: https://highsignal.app/data/records/09291419d673650a

[← sources](https://highsignal.app/data)


source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-30 03:30 ingested 2026-07-30 08:23

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Special Marine Warning — S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM; S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM; Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Cape Lookout  to Surf City NC from 20 to 60 NM
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
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...
S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM...
Waters from Cape Lookout  to Surf City NC from 20 to 60 NM...
Waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC from 20 to 60 NM...

* Until 415 AM EDT.

* At 329 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing
waterspouts were located along a line extending from 24 nm
southwest of Big Ten Fathom to 11 nm south of 14 Buoy to near Atlas
Tanker, moving southeast at 15 knots.

HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally
hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly
higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly open waters.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.