Special Marine Warning Issued by NWS Mobile, AL
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
219 PM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024
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...
Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to
60 NM...
Western Choctawhatchee Bay...
* Until 345 PM CDT.
* At 218 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing
waterspouts were located along a line extending from 15 nm east of
Blackwater Bay Bridge to near Navarre Beach to 7 nm west of
Oriskany Reef, moving east at 30 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...
Mary Esther, West Choctawhatchee Bay, Fort Walton Beach, Highway
331 Bridge, Oriskany Reef, Shalimar, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef,
Destin, East Pass At Destin, and East Choctawhatchee Bay.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for northwestern
Florida...and the adjacent coastal waters.
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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LAT...LON 3039 8610 3031 8600 3043 8625 3043 8626
3042 8626 3040 8623 3040 8639 2999 8640
2994 8717 3040 8675 3040 8659 3041 8674
3052 8668 3050 8620 3042 8606 3041 8604
3042 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 268DEG 32KT 3068 8673 3032 8682 3008 8715
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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