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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SPECIAL MARINE WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

953 PM EDT TUE OCT 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...

  COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT 40

  NM

  CURRITUCK SOUND

  COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT 40

  NM



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 943 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 34 KNOTS FROM

  35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO 45 MILES WEST OF

  CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT...OR FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTSMOUTH TO

  25 MILES NORTH OF ALBEMARLE SOUND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.



* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR

  OVER CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT BY 1045 PM EDT



MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...

AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL

THIS STORM PASSES.



LAT...LON 3679 7624 3624 7669 3624 7501 3688 7521



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