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Special Marine Warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound; Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM; Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM

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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... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 630 PM CDT. *...

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Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately.

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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... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 458 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Escambia Bay Bridge to 9 nm south of Navarre Beach to 13 nm northeast of Okaloosa Deep Water Reef, 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... Pensacola Bay, Mary Esther, Navarre Beach, East Santa Rosa Sound, West Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Beach, Okaloosa Deep Water Reef, Oriskany Reef, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef, and Okaloosa Pier.

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    Special Marine Warning issued August 19 at 4:58PM CDT until August 19 at 6:30PM 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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