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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
213 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...
INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC TO SAVANNAH GA EXTENDING FROM 20
NM TO 40 NM...
* UNTIL 345 AM EDT
* AT 213 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35
KNOTS... FROM 7 NM SOUTHWEST OF R7 TOWER TO 11 NM SOUTH OF M2R6
TOWER...OR FROM 7 NM SOUTHWEST OF R7 TOWER TO 10 NM NORTHWEST OF R3
TOWER...MOVING EAST AT 30 KT.
* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN AWAY FROM
SIGNIFICANT MARINE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE INDICATED AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS...STEEP AND
RAPIDLY BUILDING WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POOR VISIBILITY IN
HEAVY RAIN AND BLOWING SPRAY. BE SURE ALL PASSENGERS ARE WEARING
APPROVED PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICES. TURN ON BILGE PUMPS.
LAT...LON 3185 8056 3194 7990 3180 8002 3172 8015
3157 7983 3156 7983 3149 7989 3141 8003
3133 8009 3125 8015 3125 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 270DEG 30KT 3176 8041 3134 8024
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