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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
254 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* AT 254 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 15 NM SOUTHEAST OF TUG RIO CARONI, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
R2 TOWER, TUG DELTA DIAMOND, TUG SENASQUA, SAYLER BARGE, HONEY
BARGE, DREDGE HENRY AND LATEX BARGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3119 8023 3111 8028 3124 8094 3129 8094
3140 8086 3156 8081 3161 8078 3172 8064
3188 8053 3158 7988 3146 7995 3143 8003
3124 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 224DEG 35KT 3113 8073
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
CPM
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