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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
411 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...
  WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
  60 NM...

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 411 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 35 KT... FROM BUOY TENDER SAGEBRUSH TO ALT BUOY...OR FROM 15 NM
  NORTHEAST OF 41008 TO 9 NM EAST OF ALTAMAHA SOUND...MOVING EAST AT
  45 KT.

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

THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY 
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR 
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3170 8061 3126 8118 3117 8034 3166 8004

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