{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.b0801c509d818908f06ce840657826251d9d0072.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Marine Warning issued May 20 at 6:17PM EDT until May 20 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.b0801c509d818908f06ce840657826251d9d0072.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Mount Holly NJ"},"word_count":247,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Marine Warning: Special Marine Warning issued May 20 at 6:17PM EDT until May 20 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM; Waters from Sandy Hook NJ to Manasquan Inlet NJ from 20 to 40 NM; Waters from Manasquan Inlet NJ to Little Egg Inlet NJ from 20 to 60 NM\n**Issued by:** NWS Mount Holly NJ\n**Sent:** 2026-05-20T18:17:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-20T18:17:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-20T20:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSMWPHI\n\nThe National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a\n\n* Special Marine Warning for...\nCoastal and outer waters from Sandy Hook to Little Egg Inlet NJ...\n\n* Until 815 PM EDT.\n\n* At 617 PM EDT, a line of thunderstorms and an outflow boundary\nwere located along a line extending from near South Amboy to 16 nm\nnorthwest of Silverton to 17 nm west of Pine Beach, moving east at\n35 knots.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and\nsuddenly higher waves.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nOcean Gate, Leonardo, Sea Girt Reef, Atlantic Highlands, Barnegat\nLight Reef, Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright, Axel Carlson Reef,\nSilverton, Harvey Cedars, Forked River, Fair Haven, Lavallette,\nBarnegat Light, Garden State North Reef, Shark River Reef, Point\nPleasant Beach, Belmar, Seaside Park, and Manasquan Inlet.\n\n## Instructions\nMove to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are\nexpected."}