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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1255 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT.
* AT 1255 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 NM NORTH OF R2
TOWER, MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 35 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3143 8056 3160 8060 3172 8017 3158 7988
3146 7995 3142 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 258DEG 14KT 3153 8050
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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