Special Marine Warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound; Western Choctawhatchee Bay; Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay +2 more
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM, Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay, Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM, Western Choctawhatchee Bay
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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... Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60...
What the bulletin says to do
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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... Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM... Western Choctawhatchee Bay... * Until 900 AM CDT. * At 727 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Navarre Beach to 8 nm east of Oriskany Reef, moving east at 20 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... Mary Esther, Fort Walton Beach, Highway 331 Bridge, Destin, Okaloosa Pier, Navarre Beach, West Choctawhatchee Bay, East Santa Rosa Sound, Okaloosa Deep Water Reef, and Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef.
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- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 2 at 7:28AM CDT until August 2 at 9:00AM 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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