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... Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 305 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 10 nm north of Lillian Bridge to near Garcon Point Bridge, moving southwest at 15 knots.

HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts to 40 knots.

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... Pensacola Bay, West Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Beach, Pensacola Pass, Fort Pickens, East Bay, Escambia Bay Bridge, Escambia Bay, Pensacola Bay Bridge, and Garcon Point Bridge.