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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
348 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 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 515 PM EDT.
* AT 348 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
17 NM NORTHWEST OF ALTAMAHA SOUND TO 12 NM SOUTHWEST OF ALTAMAHA
SOUND, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
DOBOY SOUND BUOY D, A L T BUOY, BUOY B H, SAPELO CHANNELBUOY 3 AND
ALTAMAHA SOUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3131 8143 3133 8144 3133 8145 3138 8146
3139 8142 3142 8141 3144 8138 3146 8133
3144 8127 3161 8117 3166 8117 3162 8104
3125 8102 3129 8134 3128 8134 3130 8136
3129 8137 3130 8137 3128 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 231DEG 13KT 3145 8158 3132 8146 3119 8148
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
ST
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