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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Mobile AL

1049 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024



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...

  Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound...

  Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to

  60 NM...

  Western Choctawhatchee Bay...



* Until noon CDT.



* At 1048 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing

  waterspouts were located along a line extending from 14 nm

  northwest of Shalimar to near East Bay to near Pensacola Bay,

  moving east at 40 knots.



  HAZARD...Waterspouts, wind gusts 34 knots or greater, 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...

  Mary Esther, Fort Walton Beach, Highway 331 Bridge, Shalimar,

  Destin, Okaloosa Pier, West Choctawhatchee Bay, East Santa Rosa

  Sound, Okaloosa Deep Water Reef, and Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. If caught on the

open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded

metal objects.



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LAT...LON 3039 8610 3031 8600 3043 8625 3043 8626

      3042 8626 3040 8623 3040 8639 2976 8640

      2979 8676 3045 8687 3055 8639 3046 8639

      3050 8620 3041 8612 3041 8605 3042 8598

TIME...MOT...LOC 1548Z 285DEG 40KT 3066 8670 3049 8691 3031 8722 



WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE

HAIL...<.75IN

WIND...>34KTS



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