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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Charleston SC

1202 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 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...

  Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA extending from 20 nm

  to 60 nm...



* Until 200 PM EDT.



* At 1202 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line

  extending from 6 nm east of Calibogue Sound to near Saint

  Catherines Sound, moving northeast at 35 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...

  Buoy B L...                       Doboy Sound Buoy D...

  Betsy Ross Reef...                Tug Senasqua...

  Fripp Island Reef...              Latex Barge...

  Buoy B H...                       C A T Buoy...

  110 Degree Olympic Buoy...        Grays Reef Buoy...

  Wassaw Sound Buoy...              Gaskin Banks...

  Gaskins Bank Wreck...             Calibogue Sound...

  Savannah River Entrance...        C C A Buoy...

  Altamaha Sound...                 Port Royal Sound...

  John Bird...                      Saint Helena 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 3144 8127 3161 8118

      3175 8115 3198 8089 3204 8095 3208 8095

      3216 8084 3216 8078 3231 8063 3229 8061

      3234 8049 3241 8049 3248 8040 3230 7994

      3124 8093 3129 8134 3128 8138 3131 8144

TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 247DEG 33KT 3211 8071 3167 8121 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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