special marine warning: Meaning and Definition of

spe'cial marine' warn"ing

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— Meteorol. Meteorol.
  1. a National Weather Service warning of high-wind conditions at sea that are expected to last for up to two hours, and generally result from convective storm systems, as thunderstorms or squall lines. Cf.(def. 3).
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