Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
405 PM EDT Sun May 19 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 600 PM EDT.

* At 405 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 12 nm northwest of Saint Catherines Sound to
  Savannah Buoy, moving southeast at 30 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...
  Wassaw Sound Buoy...              Tug Rio Apon...
  C C A Buoy...                     Saint Catherines Sound...
  Ossabaw Sound...                  Honey Barge...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 3161 8118 3174 8116 3191 8098 3199 8076
      3184 8043 3143 8081 3156 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 302DEG 32KT 3186 8130 3195 8078

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS

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