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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Charleston SC

1238 PM 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 Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm ...

  including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary...

  Waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA extending from 20 nm to

  40 nm...



* Until 215 PM EDT.



* At 1237 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Hilton Head

  Reef, or 14 nm east of Savannah Buoy, moving northeast at 35 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...                       Ossabaw Sound...

  Port Royal Sound...               Whitewater Reef...

  Beaufort 45 Feet Reef...          Hunting Island Reef...

  Betsy Ross Reef...                Fripp Island Reef...

  Fish America...                   Motherlode Barge...

  Hilton Head Reef...               Savannah Buoy...

  Wassaw Sound Buoy...              Gaskin Banks...

  General Gordon...                 Fripp Island Wreck...

  Gaskins Bank Wreck...             Calibogue Sound...

  Fripp Inlet Buoy...               Channel Buoy 5...



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.



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LAT...LON 3181 8108 3198 8089 3204 8095 3208 8095

      3215 8086 3216 8078 3225 8069 3232 8067

      3232 8064 3229 8061 3234 8049 3242 8049

      3199 8004 3177 8110

TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 244DEG 34KT 3199 8052 



HAIL...<.75IN

WIND...>34KTS



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CB