Marine Weather Statement
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1015 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

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1015 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A LINE OF WEAKENING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
AFFECT THE NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING MOBILE BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND
THROUGH 1100 AM CDT...

AT 957 AM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF WESTERN DAUPHIN ISLAND
TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PETIT BOIS PASS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WATERS NEAR...
  WESTERN DAUPHIN ISLAND...                   WEEKS BAY...
  SAND ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE...                   PORTERSVILLE BAY...
  POINT CLEAR...        PETIT BOIS PASS...
  MISSISSIPPI SOUND EAST OF PASCAGOULA...     MIDDLE BAY LIGHT...
  HERON BAY...

WEATHER CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATERSPOUTS.
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
WAVES AND SEAS. IF A WATERSPOUT IS SIGHTED...SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.

OTHER THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 30
KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BOATERS SHOULD
CONSIDER SEEKING SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3039 8841 3041 8834 3037 8819 3033 8817
      3038 8811 3051 8810 3054 8793 3041 8791
      3038 8784 3041 8783 3035 8783 3030 8774
      3025 8778 3025 8796 3023 8796 3025 8776
      2979 8792 2979 8827 3038 8841

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