Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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394 WHUS52 KCHS 242233 SMWCHS AMZ354-374-250030- /O.NEW.KCHS.MA.W.0065.240524T2233Z-240525T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Charleston SC 633 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm ... including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary... Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA extending from 20 nm to 60 nm... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 632 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near C C A Buoy, or 12 nm south of Savannah Buoy, moving east at 40 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 35 knots or greater and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Buoy B L... Sayler Barge... Buoy K C... Buoy J... K T K Buoy... Sapelo Channelbuoy 3... Tug Senasqua... D U A Buoy... Latex Barge... Buoy L... Sailboat Jupiter... Motherlode Barge... C A T Buoy... 110 Degree Olympic Buoy... Tug Rio Apon... C C A Buoy... Honey Barge... Sapelo Buoy S... Steel Barge Modena... Dredge Henry... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. && LAT...LON 3143 8094 3155 8118 3192 8085 3180 8034 3167 8006 3165 8002 3128 8028 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 288DEG 41KT 3172 8077 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...>34KTS $$ CPM