Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
923 PM EDT Fri May 10 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 South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20
  nm...

* Until 1030 PM EDT.

* At 923 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 10 nm northwest of Saint Helena Sound to 8 nm west
  of Stono Inshore Reef, moving southeast at 30 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...
  N. Edisto Nearshore Reef...       Fripp Island Wreck...
  Saint Helena Sound...             Hunting Island Reef...
  Betsy Ross Reef...                Fripp Inlet Buoy...
  Fripp Island Reef...              Pelican Bank...
  Edisto Sixty Reef...              Kiawah Reef...
  Deveaux Bank...                   Edisto Forty Reef...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3235 7979 3231 7986 3228 7997 3222 8010
      3211 8017 3198 8039 3199 8039 3232 8055
      3234 8049 3237 8047 3247 8051 3254 8057
      3259 8057 3259 8053 3252 8045 3260 8043
      3262 8039 3252 8033 3258 8022 3263 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 314DEG 28KT 3258 8054 3270 8017

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

$$