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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
156 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
* AT 156 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 NM SOUTHEAST OF
R2 TOWER, MOVING EAST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY OPEN WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING
FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3116 8047 3140 8039 3142 8004 3138 8006
3135 8008 3129 8014 3127 8015 3124 8017
3123 8019 3118 8024 3115 8026 3113 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 270DEG 11KT 3123 8032
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 KTS
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