SMWCHS
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for…
Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 nm…
Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm …
including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary…
* Until 245 AM EDT.
* At 1237 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
waterspouts was located over Wassaw Sound Buoy, moving northeast at
10 knots.
HAZARD…Waterspouts and wind gusts 35 knots or greater.
SOURCE…Radar.
IMPACT…Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally
hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly
higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include…
Savannah Buoy… Whitewater Reef…
Wassaw Sound Buoy… Gaskin Banks…
Gaskins Bank Wreck… Calibogue Sound…
Channel Buoy 5… Savannah River Entrance…
Fish America… Sea Buoy 2w…