NWS Charleston SCMA.W 0016May 30, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA extending from 2
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a special marine warning for Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA extending from 20 to 60 NM, which was in force until 12:00 a.m. local time on May 31. It was the 16th special marine warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston SC
- Area
- Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA extending from 20 to 60 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:03 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 12:00 a.m. EDT, May 31, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCHS MA.W 0016
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWCHS The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 60 NM... * Until midnight EDT. * At 1003 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line from near C C A Buoy to 8 NM north of Saint Catherines Sound, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 34 knots. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... D U A Buoy, Buoy Tender Sagebrush, Tug Rio Apon, Ferry Boat Janet, Tug Elmira, Buoy J, Sea Buoy Os, Sea Buoy 2w, C C A Buoy, C A T Buoy, Tug Matt Turecamo, Tug Senasqua, Buoy L, Latex Barge and Sayler Barge.
What the agency told people to do
Boaters should seek safe harbor immediately until these storms pass. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater, high waves, dangerous lightning, and heavy rain are possible with these storms.
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