{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.e85c90d038859debabb07de15db6e9922f44232f.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Marine Warning issued July 4 at 6:56PM EDT until July 4 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-04","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.e85c90d038859debabb07de15db6e9922f44232f.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":215,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Marine Warning: Special Marine Warning issued July 4 at 6:56PM EDT until July 4 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE; 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\n**Issued by:** NWS Mount Holly NJ\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T18:56:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T18:56:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T20:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSMWPHI\n\nThe National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a\n\n* Special Marine Warning for...\nDelaware Bay...\nCoastal waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20\nnm...\n\n* Until 800 PM EDT.\n\n* At 656 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Slaughter\nBeach, moving northeast at 10 knots.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and\nsuddenly higher waves.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nOverfalls Shoal, Brown Shoal Light, Fourteen Foot Bank Light,\nSlaughter Beach, Cape Henlopen, Cape May Point, and Brandywine\nShoal Light.\n\n## Instructions\nMove to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are\nexpected.\n\nReport severe weather to the Coast Guard or the National Weather\nService."}