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WHUS52 KILM 030746
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
346 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20
NM...
WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET SC TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 515 AM EDT.
* AT 346 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST BANK
BUOY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TEN MILE REEF, VERMILLION REEF, MURRELLS INLET SEA BUOY, GEORGETOWN
NEARSHORE WRECK, INSHORE HOLE, HORSESHOE AREA, GEORGETOWN REEF, 2 C
R LEDGE, WINYAH BAY SEA BUOY, CITY OF RICHMOND, EAST BANK BUOY,
PARKING LOT AREA, C J DAVIDSON WRECK, NORTH INLET REEF, GREENVILLE
REEF, HORSESHOE REEF, GOLDFINCH REEF, WAYNE UPCHURCH REEF, PAWLEYS
ISLAND, AND LITCHFIELD BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.
MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR CREW ARE WEARING PROPERLY FITTED LIFE JACKETS.
LAT...LON 3316 7920 3321 7917 3326 7918 3338 7915
3348 7909 3353 7904 3344 7884 3316 7838
3283 7868 3311 7927
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 224DEG 16KT 3316 7918
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
SCALORA
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