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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
523 PM EDT Sat May 25 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 730 PM EDT.

* At 523 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 12 nm northwest of
  Altamaha Sound, moving southeast at 25 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...
  Tug Rio Caroni...                 Buoy B L...
  Doboy Sound Buoy D...             Buoy J...
  K T K Buoy...                     Sapelo Channelbuoy 3...
  D U A Buoy...                     Buoy B H...
  C A T Buoy...                     Grays Reef Buoy...
  Tug Rio Apon...                   Altamaha Sound...
  Saint Catherines Sound...         Ossabaw Sound...
  John Bird...                      D R H Buoy...
  Honey Barge...                    Sapelo Buoy S...
  Steel Barge Modena...             Tug Elmira...

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 3139 8144 3144 8139 3146 8133 3144 8127
      3161 8118 3173 8116 3190 8098 3164 8066
      3123 8088 3128 8123 3128 8132 3130 8137
      3128 8138 3129 8141 3131 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 295DEG 24KT 3151 8139

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

$$

BSH