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Special Marine Warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound; Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM

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For the following areas... Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... At 339 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Pensacola Pass to...

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Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.

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For the following areas... Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... At 339 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Pensacola Pass to near Pensacola Beach, moving southwest at 30 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include... Pensacola Bay, West Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Beach, Pensacola Pass, Fort Pickens, Pensacola Bay Bridge, Garcon Point Bridge, and southern Big Lagoon.

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  1. Update

    Special Marine Warning issued August 20 at 3:39PM CDT until August 20 at 4:30PM CDT by NWS Mobile AL

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  2. Alert

    Special Marine Warning issued August 20 at 3:05PM CDT until August 20 at 4:30PM CDT by NWS Mobile AL

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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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