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  • 1small craft warning — small craft warning, a display along a seacoast or lakeshore predicting weather dangerous to small boats. It consists of a red pennant during the day or of a red light over a white light at night …

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  • 2Small craft advisory — A small craft advisory is a type of warning issued by the National Weather Service in the United States, most frequently in coastal areas. It is issued when winds have reached, or are expected to reach within 12 hours, a speed marginally less… …

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  • 3Coastal warning display tower — A coastal warning display tower, sometimes known as a storm warning tower, was a special kind of skeletal tower designed to provide hurricane warnings. The towers were developed in 1898 on the orders of President William McKinley. Warning pennant …

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  • 4Gale warning — A gale warning is an advisory or warning issued by the local competent authority in maritime countries about the existence of winds of gale force or above or the imminent occurrence of gales at sea. The purpose of gale warnings is to allow… …

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  • 5Coastal flood warning — A Coastal Flood Warning is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when coastal flooding is either imminent or occurring along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, or the Gulf of Mexico. The flooding must be due to… …

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  • 6Storm warning — A storm warning generally refers to an advisory issued by an official meteorological department to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather. A storm watch, on the other hand, typically refers to an advisory issued to indicate that… …

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  • 7Pleasure Craft Operator Card — The Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations which fall within the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 require operators of pleasure craft in Canada, fitted with a motor and used for recreational purposes, to have proof of competency on board… …

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  • 8Severe weather terminology (United States) — This article describes the United States National Weather Service (NWS) severe weather terminology. The NWS defines precise meanings for nearly all its weather terms. This article describes NWS terminology and related NWS weather scales. Some… …

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  • 9Beaufort scale — Force 12 at sea. The Beaufort Scale (  / …

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