Special Marine Warning

SMWJAX

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM... Waters from Altamaha Sound GA to Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM...

* Until 1045 PM EDT.

* At 912 PM EDT, an area of strong thunderstorms was located 7 nm southwest of Jekyll Island, or 13 nm southwest of St. Simons Island, moving east at 20 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include... Buoy Hlha, High Point, Buoy F, Buoy Cdh, Jekyll Island, St Simons Island Village, Saint Andrews Sound, Buoy Kby, Dungeness, Saint Marys Entrance Buoy 16, St Simons Sound Buoy 9, Cumberland Island, and St. Simons Island.