WHUS52 KCHS 021847
SMWCHS
AMZ354-022015-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
147 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...
  INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY...

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 147 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 35 KT... FROM 6 NM NORTH OF GREEN ISLAND SOUND TO 14 NM
  NORTHWEST OF DOBOY SOUND...OR FROM 7 NM WEST OF WASSAW SOUND TO 15
  NM WEST OF SAPELO SOUND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 KT.

MARINERS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD EXPECT WIND GUSTS OVER 35
KT AND DEADLY CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE AN
INCREASE IN SEAS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. BOATERS
SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY OR REMAIN IN PORT.

LAT...LON 3202 8104 3147 8157 3128 8106 3187 8056

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