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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Charleston SC

1106 AM EDT Sat May 18 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 noon EDT.



* At 1106 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Saint Helena

  Sound, moving east 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...

  N. Edisto Nearshore Reef...       Saint Helena Sound...

  Fripp Inlet Buoy...               Lowcountry Anglers...

  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.



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LAT...LON 3258 7973 3242 7968 3238 7974 3229 8046

      3247 8051 3252 8056 3257 8058 3258 8057

      3259 8053 3252 8045 3260 8043 3262 8039

      3252 8033 3258 8023 3264 8002 3270 7992

TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 264DEG 26KT 3246 8035 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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CB