Special Marine Warning for Western Choctawhatchee Bay; Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay; Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM

Official alert brief

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... Western Choctawhatchee Bay... * Until 830 PM CDT. * At 701 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 17 nm north of Shalimar to 11 nm north of Mid Bay Bridge, moving southeast at 15 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... West Choctawhatchee Bay, Highway 331 Bridge, Shalimar, Destin, East Pass At Destin, East Choctawhatchee Bay, Okaloosa Pier, Mid Bay Bridge, and Fort Walton Beach.