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Special Marine Warning

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Charleston Harbor; Coastal waters from South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM; Waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA extending from 20 to 60 NM

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 60 NM... Charleston Harbor... Coastal waters from South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20 NM...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 536 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line from 30 NM northwest of Saint Helena Sound to over Calibogue Sound, moving east at 20 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 34 knots.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Edisto Forty Reef, Edisto Sixty Reef, Hunting Island Reef, Fripp Island Reef, Fripp Island Wreck, Saint Helena Sound, Fripp Inlet Buoy, Deveaux Bank, N. Edisto Nearshore Reef, Pelican Bank, Kiawah Reef, Betsy Ross Reef, Beaufort 45 Feet Reef, General Gordon and Edisto Offshore Reef.
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