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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Charleston SC

758 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 1000 PM EDT.



* At 758 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Sapelo

  Channelbuoy 3, or 11 nm north of Altamaha Sound, moving southeast

  at 55 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...

  John Bird...                      D R H Buoy...

  K T K Buoy...                     Honey Barge...

  Sapelo Channelbuoy 3...           Sapelo Buoy S...

  Steel Barge Modena...             Buoy B H...

  Tug Elmira...                     A L T Buoy...

  Grays Reef Buoy...                Ferry Boat Janet...

  Tug Rio Apon...                   Buoy Tender Sagebrush...

  Altamaha Sound...                 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

expected.



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LAT...LON 3139 8144 3144 8139 3146 8133 3144 8127

      3161 8118 3170 8116 3155 8047 3119 8069

      3128 8121 3128 8132 3130 8137 3128 8138

      3131 8144

TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 294DEG 54KT 3151 8125 



HAIL...<.75IN

WIND...>34KTS



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