436  
WHUS54 KMOB 261623  
SMWMOB  
GMZ635-636-655-670-675-261800-  
/O.NEW.KMOB.MA.W.0038.240326T1623Z-240326T1800Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
1123 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 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...  
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
WESTERN CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY...  
 
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1122 AM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 NM EAST OF  
ORISKANY REEF, OR 23 NM SOUTHWEST OF MARY ESTHER, MOVING NORTHEAST  
AT 55 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL.  
 
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, SHALIMAR,  
DESTIN, OKALOOSA PIER, WEST CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY, OKALOOSA DEEP WATER  
REEF, ORISKANY REEF, AND FORT WALTON LIBERTY SHIP REEF.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE  
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED  
METAL OBJECTS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3040 8670 3040 8659 3041 8669 3046 8664  
3052 8639 3046 8639 3050 8620 3040 8611  
3040 8612 3039 8612 3041 8604 3035 8606  
3043 8625 3043 8626 3040 8623 3040 8639  
2926 8640 2936 8648 2939 8669 2923 8781  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 245DEG 53KT 3005 8684  
 
HAIL...<.75IN  
WIND...40KTS  
 

 
 
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