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Special Marine Warning

Expired

South Mobile Bay; Mississippi Sound; Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM

Status Ended Started about 1 hour ago
Ends expired
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

SMWMOB
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 545 PM CDT.
* At 456 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Mississippi Sound East Of Pascagoula to Central Dauphin Island to near Fort Gaines, moving south at 15 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Central Dauphin Island, Sand Island Lighthouse, Dauphin Island Bridge, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Western Dauphin Island, Farewell Buoy, Petit Bois Pass, Mississippi Sound East Of Pascagoula, and Alabama Port.
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