Special Marine Warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound; Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM, Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound
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- Severe
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What is happening
SMWMOB The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 427 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Full official description
Bulletin details
SMWMOB The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 427 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 nm northwest of Blackwater Bay Bridge to Escambia Bay Bridge to near Fort Pickens, moving east at 10 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... Pensacola Bay, West Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Beach, Pensacola Pass, Fort Pickens, East Bay, Escambia Bay Bridge, Escambia Bay, Pensacola Bay Bridge, and Garcon Point Bridge.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 24 at 4:27PM CDT until August 24 at 6:00PM CDT by NWS Mobile AL
Official revision
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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