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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
446 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
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...
* UNTIL 645 PM EST.
* AT 446 PM EST, A FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PARRIS
ISLAND REEF TO 28 NM NORTHWEST OF SAINT CATHERINES SOUND, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOTHERLODE BARGE, BUOY K C, SAILBOAT JUPITER, 110 DEGREE OLYMPIC
BUOY, SAVANNAH BUOY, CHANNEL BUOY 5, SEA BUOY 2W, C C A BUOY, D U A
BUOY, WASSAW SOUND BUOY, WHITEWATER REEF, SEA BUOY OS, HILTON HEAD
REEF, SAVANNAH RIVER ENTRANCE AND GASKINS BANK WRECK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3138 8146 3144 8138 3144 8127 3174 8115
3198 8090 3208 8094 3216 8076 3232 8066
3229 8060 3234 8047 3247 8050 3251 8055
3256 8049 3224 8004 3203 8025 3194 8047
3161 8078 3124 8094 3128 8138 3133 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 316DEG 25KT 3227 8071 3213 8105 3198 8159
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
CPM
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