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Special Marine Warning issued September 4 at 2:25AM EDT until September 4

Affecting 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; Waters from Little Egg Inlet NJ to Great Egg Inlet NJ from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape May NJ from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Cape May NJ to Fenwick Island DE from 20 to 60 NM

In effect until: Sep 4, 2026, 7:30 AM

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; Waters from Little Egg Inlet NJ to Great Egg Inlet NJ from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape May NJ from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Cape May NJ to Fenwick Island DE from 20 to 60 NM

Likely impact; effects through 7:30 AM.

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The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Fenwick Island DE out 20
nm...
Outer waters from Little Egg Inlet NJ to Fenwick Island DE from 20
to 60 nm...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 225 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Wildwood Reef to 9 nm south of Five Fathoms Buoy to
near 10 Nm Se Fenwick Island, moving east at 40 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.

SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Locations impacted include...
28-Mile Wreck, Five Fathoms Buoy, Buoy 2fb, Buoy 4fb, Buoy 3fb,
Cape May Reef, Deepwater Reef, Delaware Lightship Buoy 44009, and
Wildwood Reef.
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Alert data: U.S. National Weather Service / NOAA · Translation: WeatherTranslate™