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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
341 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 SC OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.
* AT 341 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 9 NM NORTHEAST OF KIAWAH REEF, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
JIMMY LELAND TUG, BULL BREAKERS, CAPERS REEF, BULLS BAY, CAPERS
ISLAND BUOY, RATTLESNAKE SHOAL, CHARLESTON NEARSHORE REEF, JOE
SHUFORD REEF, CHARLESTON COASTAL ANGLERS, AIR FORCE REEF,
CHARLESTON SIXTY, HECTOR REEF AND CAPE ROMAIN REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3275 7989 3273 7989 3276 7985 3278 7987
3291 7964 3296 7965 3306 7958 3307 7951
3303 7947 3303 7940 3311 7938 3314 7929
3296 7894 3273 7917 3267 7934 3250 7959
3270 7991
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 230DEG 50KT 3257 7986
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
CPM
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