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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What you need to know
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- 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
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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... Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... * Until 300 AM CDT. * At 150 AM CDT,...
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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... Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... * Until 300 AM CDT. * At 150 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 6 nm southwest of Pensacola Beach to 15 nm west of Oriskany Reef, moving northeast at 5 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Fort Pickens, West Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Beach, Oriskany Reef, and Pensacola Pass.
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Special Marine Warning issued August 28 at 1:51AM CDT until August 28 at 3:00AM 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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