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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
443 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National
  Marine Sanctuary...
  Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay...
  Ocean Waters from the Merrimack River to Plymouth from 40 to 60
  NM...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 442 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hampton to 6 nm northwest of Jeffreys Ledge
  Buoy 44098 to 26 nm southeast of Kennebunkport, moving southeast at
  45 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Eastern Point Ma, The Coastal Waters East Of Cape Ann, Mass Bay
  Buoy 44029, Stellwagen Bank, Sandy Bay, Ipswich Bay, Thatcher
  Island, Jeffreys Ledge Buoy 44098, The Coastal Waters East Of
  Boston Harbor, Essex Bay, Plum Island, and The Mouth Of The
  Merrimack River.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4256 6919 4228 6958 4232 7034 4260 7086
      4261 7082 4265 7088 4278 7090 4280 7083
      4282 7082 4281 7082 4280 7076 4291 6970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 307DEG 44KT 4293 7078 4290 7025 4307 7007

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

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