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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
559 AM EDT SAT OCT 10 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHARLESTON HARBOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20
NM...
* UNTIL 630 AM EDT.
* AT 559 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER KIAWAH REEF, MOVING NORTH AT 15 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...
LOWCOUNTRY ANGLERS, KIAWAH REEF, CHARLESTON HARBOR ENTRANCE, CASTLE
PINKNEY, WAPPOO CUT, N. EDISTO NEARSHORE REEF AND CRAB BANK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
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 3261 8015 3263 8002 3267 8000 3270 7991
3271 7990 3276 7998 3278 7999 3280 7998
3281 7997 3281 7995 3283 7994 3284 7989
3283 7988 3281 7988 3279 7984 3280 7982
3246 7977 3241 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 170DEG 15KT 3250 7995
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
ACD
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