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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
306 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
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 430 PM EDT.
* AT 306 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR HUNTING ISLAND REEF, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 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...
EDISTO SIXTY REEF, EDISTO FORTY REEF, N. EDISTO NEARSHORE REEF,
KIAWAH REEF, DEVEAUX BANK, LOWCOUNTRY ANGLERS, HUNTING ISLAND REEF,
FRIPP ISLAND REEF, FRIPP ISLAND WRECK, CHARLESTON SIXTY AND JOE
SHUFORD REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3199 8036 3220 8052 3252 8034 3251 8033
3258 8022 3264 8001 3271 7991 3251 7958
3232 7983 3222 8010 3206 8022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 230DEG 50KT 3217 8039
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 KTS
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