895
FZUS72 KCHS 242124
MWSCHS
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
524 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
AMZ364-384-242145-
/O.CON.KCHS.MA.W.0113.000000T0000Z-260824T2145Z/
524 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
..SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 60 NM...
AT 524 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
NEAR SAPELO BUOY S TO NEAR DOBOY SOUND BUOY D, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...BUOY. AT 500 PM, A WIND GUST TO 36 KNOTS WAS OBSERVED BY AN
OFFICIAL OBSERVATION PLATFORM ON SAPELO ISLAND.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STEEL BARGE MODENA, K T K BUOY, BUOY B H, SAPELO BUOY S, SAPELO
CHANNELBUOY 3, GRAYS REEF BUOY, C A T BUOY, DOBOY SOUND BUOY D, A L
T BUOY, TUG RIO APON, HONEY BARGE, TUG ELMIRA, BUOY TENDER
SAGEBRUSH, BUOY J AND FERRY BOAT JANET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3143 8135 3144 8134 3146 8131 3146 8129
3144 8126 3150 8122 3152 8128 3153 8129
3159 8115 3168 8102 3162 8066 3137 8085
3128 8110 3135 8132 3141 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 299DEG 12KT 3158 8100 3150 8111 3144 8125
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
ST
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