NWS Mobile ALMA.W 0204September 11, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound
The National Weather Service office in Mobile issued a special marine warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, which was in force until 10:15 a.m. local time on September 11. It was the 204th special marine warning the NWS office in Mobile issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 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
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:08 a.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- Expires
- 10:15 a.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMOB MA.W 0204
- 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... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... * Until 1015 AM CDT. * At 908 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Escambia Bay Bridge, or 10 nm north of Pensacola Pass, moving northeast at 25 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, Escambia Bay Bridge, Blackwater Bay Bridge, East Bay, Escambia Bay, Pensacola Bay Bridge, and Garcon Point Bridge.
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 this storm. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects.
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