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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
559 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
AMZ330-350-370-170000-
559 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 SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH OUT 40 NM...
CHARLESTON HARBOR...
* AT 559 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 13 MILES
NORTH OF SAINT STEPHEN TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOLLY FIELD, MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PLEASANT, EDISTO BEACH, FORT SUMTER, JAMES ISLAND, DANIEL
ISLAND, DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON, ISLE OF PALMS AND FOLLY BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED FOR A RAPID WIND SHIFT AND SUDDEN INCREASE IN WIND
SPEEDS.
LAT...LON 3250 8035 3258 8022 3264 8001 3270 7991
3277 7999 3284 7995 3285 7990 3279 7984
3283 7974 3291 7964 3296 7965 3306 7958
3307 7951 3303 7940 3311 7938 3314 7929
3280 7863 3248 7895 3231 7928 3213 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 287DEG 31KT 3360 7990 3292 8010 3205 8048
BRS
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