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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
458 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 630 PM EDT.

* At 458 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Savannah River Entrance to 11 nm west of
  Ossabaw Sound, moving southeast at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 35 knots or greater.

  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...                     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...
  Sapelo Buoy S...                  Steel Barge Modena...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. If caught on the
open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded
metal objects.

&&

LAT...LON 3174 8116 3203 8086 3178 8031 3142 8097
      3170 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 325DEG 23KT 3199 8091 3191 8122

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

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