FZUS72 KCHS 222139 MWSCHS MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 439 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009 AMZ354-374-222149- /O.EXP.KCHS.MA.W.0172.000000T0000Z-091122T2145Z/ 439 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EXPIRES AT 445 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... 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... AT 438 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED...WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS... LOCALLY STEEP WAVES...CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 600 PM. IF YOU ARE IN A SAFE PORT...REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3157 8088 3182 8089 3192 8061 3182 8042 3155 8046 TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 247DEG 12KT 3181 8070 3167 8076 $$ 33