Headline:
Special Marine Warning issued June 8 at 1:43PM EDT until June 8 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
Event:
Special Marine Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 8, 2025 - 10:43am
Expires:
June 8, 2025 - 12:15pm
Description:
SMWCHS
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for...
Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 NM, including
Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 143 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line from
17 NM northwest of Ossabaw Sound to 25 NM west of Altamaha Sound,
moving east at 25 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds
and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include...
C A T Buoy, Steel Barge Modena, K T K Buoy, Buoy B L, St
Catherines Buoy 3, Sapelo Buoy S, Tug Rio Apon, Sapelo Channelbuoy
3, Buoy B H, Buoy Tender Sagebrush, Tug Elmira, Ferry Boat Janet,
Buoy J, D U A Buoy and Saint Catherines Sound.
Instruction:
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Area Description:
Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm ...including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Forcast Office:
NWS Charleston SC