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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
337 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH OUT 40 NM...
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 40
NM...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.
* AT 337 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR R7 TOWER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
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...
EDISTO OFFSHORE REEF AND R7 TOWER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3171 8015 3188 8052 3194 8047 3205 8024
3222 8010 3229 7990 3232 7996 3252 7962
3238 7913 3231 7928 3204 7966 3194 7988
3181 8000
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 228DEG 47KT 3176 8032
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
CPM
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