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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
502 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 nm...
  Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm ...
  including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 502 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Parris Island
  Reef, or near Port Royal Sound, moving southeast at 20 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 K C...                       Beaufort 45 Feet Reef...
  Betsy Ross Reef...                Fripp Island Reef...
  Buoy L...                         Fish America...
  Sailboat Jupiter...               Motherlode Barge...
  110 Degree Olympic Buoy...        Wassaw Sound Buoy...
  Gaskin Banks...                   General Gordon...
  Fripp Island Wreck...             Gaskins Bank Wreck...
  Calibogue Sound...                Savannah River Entrance...
  C C A Buoy...                     Port Royal Sound...
  Whitewater Reef...                Hunting Island Reef...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Report severe weather to the Coast Guard or the National Weather
Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3198 8089 3204 8095 3208 8095 3215 8086
      3216 8078 3225 8069 3232 8067 3232 8064
      3229 8061 3234 8049 3243 8050 3224 8003
      3221 8011 3210 8018 3204 8025 3192 8049
      3172 8064 3166 8071 3189 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 306DEG 18KT 3225 8072

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

$$

BSH