NWS Mobile ALMA.W 0205September 11, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out
The National Weather Service office in Mobile issued a special marine warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and 2 more, which was in force until 11:00 a.m. local time on September 11. It was the 205th special marine warning the NWS office in Mobile issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.5 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mobile AL
- Area
- Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and 2 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:29 a.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- Expires
- 11:00 a.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMOB MA.W 0205
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
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... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 1100 AM CDT. * At 929 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from Pensacola Bay to 17 nm southeast of Perdido Pass to 29 nm south of Farewell Buoy, 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... Pensacola Bay, Navarre Beach, Big Lagoon, West Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Beach, Oriskany Reef, Pensacola Pass, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef, and Fort Pickens.
What the agency told people to do
Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately. 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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