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FZUS72 KCHS 052113
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
513 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
AMZ352-354-052145-
513 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
..THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE UPPER GEORGIA COAST
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM, INCLUDING
GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY...
* AT 513 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS,
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BLUFFTON TO OVER BELFAST, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAVANNAH RIVER ENTRANCE, TYBEE ISLAND, WASSAW SOUND, OSSABAW SOUND,
SAVANNAH BUOY, CHANNEL BUOY 5.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY HIGHER
WAVES, LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK
SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 3172 8116 3198 8090 3200 8089 3204 8094
3207 8094 3209 8090 3215 8084 3214 8080
3216 8077 3211 8039 3166 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 263DEG 30KT 3213 8086 3197 8103 3182 8133
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