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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1003 PM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Delaware Bay...

* Until midnight EDT.

* At 1003 PM EDT, a front capable of producing waterspouts was
  located along a line extending from Aberdeen Proving Ground to near
  Blackwalnut Point, moving east at 40 knots.

  HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts in excess of 50 knots.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Waterspouts can create locally hazardous seas. Boats
           could suffer significant structural damage in high winds.
           Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Brown Shoal Light, Fourteen Foot Bank Light, Slaughter Beach, Cape
  Henlopen, East Point, Bowers Beach, Woodland Beach, Stony Point,
  Miah Maull Light, Ship John Shoal Light, Brandywine Shoal Light,
  Reedy Point, Fortesque Beach, Sea Breeze, Pea Patch Island, Cross
  Ledge Light, and Cape May Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 3968 7562 3977 7552 3961 7535 3951 7539
      3943 7534 3946 7520 3926 7508 3941 7509
      3943 7501 3931 7491 3923 7495 3913 7480
      3878 7510 3875 7527 3899 7539 3903 7546
      3918 7547 3923 7561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 269DEG 39KT 3945 7611 3863 7638

WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS

$$

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