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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
649 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 649 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
6 NM WEST OF SAINT HELENA SOUND TO 6 NM EAST OF BETSY ROSS REEF,
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...
EDISTO FORTY REEF, EDISTO SIXTY REEF, DEVEAUX BANK, N. EDISTO
NEARSHORE REEF, HUNTING ISLAND REEF, FRIPP ISLAND REEF, KIAWAH
REEF, SAINT HELENA SOUND, FRIPP ISLAND WRECK, PELICAN BANK, FRIPP
INLET BUOY, LOWCOUNTRY ANGLERS AND BETSY ROSS REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
LAT...LON 3230 8059 3234 8047 3238 8046 3247 8050
3251 8055 3255 8057 3259 8052 3253 8045
3262 8041 3260 8038 3251 8033 3258 8022
3263 8004 3248 7973 3241 7970 3231 7986
3222 8010 3206 8022 3198 8039 3221 8049
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 247DEG 16KT 3247 8052 3225 8039 3203 8030
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
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