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Special Marine Warning

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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 2 hours ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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SMWCHS
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 60 NM...
* Until 1230 PM EDT.
* At 1034 AM EDT, a shower producing waterspouts was located near Hunting Island Reef, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Waterspouts.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported. At 1015 AM EDT, Shore Beach Service reported a waterspout offshore of the Singleton Beach area.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can create locally hazardous seas.
* Locations impacted include... Hunting Island Reef, R7 Tower, Betsy Ross Reef, Edisto Sixty Reef, Fripp Island Reef, Edisto Offshore Reef, Beaufort 45 Feet Reef, Fripp Island Wreck, Edisto Forty Reef, Fripp Inlet Buoy, General Gordon, Hilton Head Reef, Saint Helena Sound, Pelican Bank and Port Royal Sound.
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