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FZUS72 KCHS 081728
MWSCHS
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
128 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
AMZ330-350-081815-
128 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CHARLESTON HARBOR AND NEARBY
ATLANTIC WATERS...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON HARBOR...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM...
* AT 128 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS,
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR BULLS BAY TO
NEAR WAPPOO CUT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPERS ISLAND BUOY, CAPERS REEF, BULL BREAKERS, RATTLESNAKE SHOAL,
CHARLESTON NEARSHORE REEF, CHARLESTON COASTAL ANGLERS, AIR FORCE
REEF, BULLS BAY, CHARLESTON HARBOR ENTRANCE, CRAB BANK, CASTLE
PINKNEY, JIMMY LELAND TUG, WAPPOO CUT AND LOWCOUNTRY ANGLERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS,
AND COULD POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD FOR BOATERS. A SPECIAL MARINE
WARNING MAY EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED WHEN THESE STORMS REACH THE
NEARSHORE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD CONSIDER HEADING FOR SHORE BEFORE
THE STORM ARRIVES.
LAT...LON 3264 8001 3271 7991 3277 7999 3279 7999
3281 7996 3284 7996 3285 7990 3281 7988
3279 7984 3283 7974 3287 7971 3291 7964
3296 7965 3306 7957 3307 7951 3306 7949
3303 7947 3303 7940 3292 7928 3254 7994
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