671  
WHUS52 KILM 291717  
SMWILM  
AMZ252-254-256-274-276-291815-  
/O.NEW.KILM.MA.W.0119.241229T1717Z-241229T1815Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
1217 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20  
NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20  
NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20  
NM...  
WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC FROM 20 TO 40  
NM...  
WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET NC TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC FROM 20 TO  
40 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 115 PM EST.  
 
* AT 1217 PM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 NM  
NORTHWEST OF MYRTLE BEACH TO NEAR SOUTH SANTEE RIVER ENTRANCE,  
MOVING EAST AT 45 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
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...  
TEN MILE REEF, LITTLE RIVER SEA BUOY, WINYAH BAY SEA BUOY, SHERMAN  
WRECK, BILL PERRY JUNIOR REEF, MURRELLS INLET SEA BUOY, GEORGETOWN  
NEARSHORE WRECK, MYRTLE BEACH ROCK, INSHORE HOLE, SPRINGMAID PIER,  
GEORGETOWN REEF, PARADISE REEF, JUNGLE, BELKY BEAR, EAST BANK BUOY,  
LITTLE RIVER REEF, LITCHFIELD BEACH, C J DAVIDSON WRECK, NORTH  
INLET REEF, AND LITTLE RIVER ENTRANCE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.  
IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.  
MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR CREW ARE WEARING PROPERLY FITTED LIFE JACKETS.  
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY  
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3321 7917 3329 7917 3347 7910 3364 7894  
3380 7872 3389 7844 3311 7855 3308 7919  
3311 7927  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 261DEG 36KT 3394 7905 3314 7937  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...40KTS  
 

 
 
IGB  
 
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