NWS Mobile ALMA.W 0203September 11, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound and Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM
The National Weather Service office in Mobile issued a special marine warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound and Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM, which was in force until 8:45 a.m. local time on September 11. It was the 203rd special marine warning the NWS office in Mobile issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 57 minutes; 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 and Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:48 a.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 a.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMOB MA.W 0203
- 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... Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound... * Until 845 AM CDT. * At 748 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 8 nm west of Escambia Bay Bridge to near Fort Pickens, moving northeast at 15 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, West Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Beach, Escambia Bay Bridge, Blackwater Bay Bridge, East Bay, Escambia Bay, Pensacola Bay Bridge, and Garcon Point Bridge.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately.
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