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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
634 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
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 800 AM CDT.
* AT 634 AM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARY
ESTHER TO NEAR FORT WALTON LIBERTY SHIP REEF TO 11 NM WEST OF
OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF TO 22 NM SOUTH 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...
WEST CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY, FORT WALTON BEACH, HIGHWAY 331 BRIDGE,
OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF, SHALIMAR, FORT WALTON LIBERTY SHIP REEF,
DESTIN, EAST PASS AT DESTIN, EAST CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY, AND OKALOOSA
PIER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3039 8610 3031 8600 3043 8625 3043 8626
3042 8626 3040 8623 3040 8639 2926 8640
2939 8666 2928 8749 2969 8707 3024 8677
3039 8679 3041 8659 3042 8662 3044 8679
3053 8640 3046 8639 3042 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1134Z 277DEG 30KT 3044 8670 3023 8658 2992 8674 2966
8696 2942 8722
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
JLH
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