# Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM; Waters from Altamaha Sound GA to Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-10-03 21:31 ingested 2026-10-04 02:47

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Special Marine Warning — Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM; Waters from Altamaha Sound GA to Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
SMWJAX

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20
NM...
Waters from Altamaha Sound GA to Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to 60
NM...

* Until 1100 PM EDT.

* At 931 PM EDT, an area of strong thunderstorms was located 12 nm
north of Amelia City, or 23 nm south of St. Simons Island, moving
northeast at 15 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
St Simons Island Village, High Point, Saint Andrews Sound, Buoy
Kby, Buoy F, Dungeness, Saint Marys Entrance Buoy 16, St Simons
Sound Buoy 9, Cumberland Island, Buoy Cdh, Jekyll Island, and St.
Simons Island.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.