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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
555 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM, INCLUDING
GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 555 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
OVER SAINT CATHERINES SOUND TO 17 NM WEST OF ALTAMAHA SOUND,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS
AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUOY B H, SAPELO CHANNELBUOY 3, K T K BUOY, STEEL BARGE MODENA,
BUOY B L, SAPELO BUOY S, ST CATHERINES BUOY 3, C A T BUOY, SAINT
CATHERINES SOUND, GRAYS REEF BUOY, ALTAMAHA SOUND, TUG RIO APON,
TUG ELMIRA, BUOY TENDER SAGEBRUSH AND FERRY BOAT JANET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3133 8144 3133 8145 3138 8146 3139 8142
3144 8138 3146 8133 3144 8127 3161 8117
3173 8116 3174 8114 3161 8077 3156 8081
3140 8086 3131 8092 3142 8125 3128 8126
3128 8134 3129 8133 3130 8137 3128 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 326DEG 15KT 3169 8111 3140 8126 3141 8160
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 KTS
ST
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