Special Marine Warning

SMWMOB

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... Western Choctawhatchee Bay...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 243 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Shalimar, or over Fort Walton Beach, moving south at 10 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include... West Choctawhatchee Bay, Fort Walton Beach, Shalimar, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef, Destin, East Pass At Destin, Okaloosa Pier, Mid Bay Bridge, and Mary Esther.