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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Mobile AL

219 PM CDT Wed Apr 10 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...

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

  60 NM...

  Western Choctawhatchee Bay...



* Until 345 PM CDT.



* At 218 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing

  waterspouts were located along a line extending from 15 nm east of

  Blackwater Bay Bridge to near Navarre Beach to 7 nm west 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...

  Mary Esther, West Choctawhatchee Bay, Fort Walton Beach, Highway

  331 Bridge, Oriskany Reef, Shalimar, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef,

  Destin, East Pass At Destin, and East Choctawhatchee Bay.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for northwestern

Florida...and the adjacent coastal waters.



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



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

      3042 8626 3040 8623 3040 8639 2999 8640

      2994 8717 3040 8675 3040 8659 3041 8674

      3052 8668 3050 8620 3042 8606 3041 8604

      3042 8598

TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 268DEG 32KT 3068 8673 3032 8682 3008 8715 



WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE

HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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