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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
509 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
AMZ352-354-372-374-162300-
509 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...A WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 40 NM...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 60 NM...
* AT 509 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WIND SHIFT, WITH WINDS
SHIFTING SOUTH TO WEST NORTHWEST, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTS UP TO
40 KNOTS. THIS WIND SHIFT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR
YEMASSEE TO OVER HARRIS NECK, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, TYBEE ISLAND, DARIEN, EDISTO BEACH, FORT
PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, FOREST BEACH, FOLLY FIELD, HILTON HEAD
AIRPORT, FRIPP ISLAND AND PARRIS ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED FOR A RAPID WIND SHIFT AND SUDDEN INCREASE IN WIND
SPEEDS.
LAT...LON 3144 8138 3144 8127 3174 8115 3198 8090
3208 8094 3216 8076 3232 8066 3234 8047
3259 8055 3253 8045 3259 8044 3256 8037
3248 8033 3213 7951 3194 7988 3171 8015
3158 7988 3111 8028 3133 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 289DEG 26KT 3273 8080 3225 8096 3167 8126
BRS
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