# Special Marine Warning: Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-09-01 21:25 ingested 2026-09-02 02:52

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Special Marine Warning — Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
SMWPHI

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
Delaware Bay...
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Fenwick Island DE out 20
nm...

* Until 1100 PM EDT.

* At 924 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 nm northeast of Sea Breeze to Ship John Shoal
Light to 7 nm southwest of Stony Point, moving southeast at 35
knots. These storms have a history of producing severe winds
across northern Delaware.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail.

SOURCE...Emergency management.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
Five Fathoms Buoy, Buoy 2fb, Brown Shoal Light, Buoy 4fb, Buoy 3fb,
Slaughter Beach, Cape Henlopen, East Point, Woodland Beach, Stony
Point, Miah Maull Light, Brandywine Shoal Light, Indian River Inlet
Bridge, Overfalls Shoal, The Lump, 28-
Mile Wreck, Cross Ledge Light, Fourteen Foot Bank Light, Bowers
Beach, and Rehoboth Beach.

## retained text

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