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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1036 PM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Lower Delaware Bay...
  Coastal and outer waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Fenwick Island
  DE...

* Until 1230 AM EDT.

* At 1036 PM EDT, a front capable of producing waterspouts was
  located along a line extending from 18 nm north of Bivalve to near
  Crisfield, 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...
  Five Fathoms Buoy, Fenwick Island, Buoy 4fb, Buoy 3fb, Cape
  Henlopen, Rehoboth Beach, Cape May Point, Indian River Inlet
  Bridge, Overfalls Shoal, Cape May Reef, Bethany Beach, Delaware
  Lightship Buoy 44009, and Buoy 2ms.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3845 7503 3845 7510 3851 7511 3852 7513
      3850 7522 3856 7533 3861 7534 3863 7531
      3864 7524 3895 7497 3896 7381 3891 7382
      3876 7400 3870 7415 3861 7417 3851 7426
      3834 7427 3822 7431
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 259DEG 41KT 3860 7579 3791 7584

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

$$

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