Special Marine Warning for Perdido Bay Area; Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound; Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM, Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Perdido Bay Area
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What is happening
SMWMOB The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... Perdido Bay Area... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 532 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.
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Bulletin details
SMWMOB The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... Perdido Bay Area... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 532 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 nm northeast of Fairhope Pier to 8 nm north of Wolf Bay to near Lillian Bridge, moving south at 10 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Arnica Bay, Lillian Bridge, Orange Beach, Big Lagoon, Pensacola Pass, Perdido Bay, Fort Pickens, Wolf Bay, and Perdido Pass.
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Special Marine Warning issued August 19 at 5:33PM CDT until August 19 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Mobile AL
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Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Mobile AL. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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