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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Charleston SC

Issued by National Weather Service Columbia SC

907 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025



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 Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA extending from 20 nm

  to 60 nm...



* Until 1000 AM EDT.



* At 906 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing

  waterspouts were located along a line extending from near Wassaw

  Sound Buoy to near R2 Tower, moving north at 30 knots.



  HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 35 knots or greater.



  SOURCE...Radar indicated.



  IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally 

           hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly 

           higher winds and suddenly higher waves.



* Locations impacted include...

  Sayler Barge...                   Buoy K C...

  Buoy J...                         Tug Senasqua...

  D U A Buoy...                     Latex Barge...

  Buoy L...                         Fish America...

  Sailboat Jupiter...               Motherlode Barge...

  110 Degree Olympic Buoy...        Wassaw Sound Buoy...

  Tug Rio Apon...                   Gaskin Banks...

  Gaskins Bank Wreck...             Calibogue Sound...

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

  Ossabaw Sound...                  Whitewater Reef...



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

expected.



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LAT...LON 3121 8065 3183 8106 3198 8089 3204 8095

      3208 8095 3215 8086 3216 8078 3221 8072

      3190 8051 3188 8052 3187 8049 3168 8037

TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 178DEG 28KT 3190 8096 3136 8065 



WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE

HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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