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WHUS54 KMOB 030759
SMWMOB
GMZ631-632-650-030915-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
259 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM...
MISSISSIPPI SOUND...
SOUTH MOBILE BAY...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT.
* AT 259 AM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER FAREWELL BUOY, MOVING EAST AT 10
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, AND SMALL HAIL.
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...
SAND ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, FORT GAINES, DAUPHIN ISLAND BRIDGE, FORT
MORGAN, BON SECOUR BAY, FAREWELL BUOY, AND HERON BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, SMALL HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING,
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 3031 8819 3044 8793 3029 8775 3024 8779
3024 8782 3023 8781 3023 8780 3010 8790
3006 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 273DEG 12KT 3015 8810
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
JP
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