NWS Mobile ALMA.W 0234October 4, 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 11:45 p.m. local time on October 4. It was the 234th special marine warning the NWS office in Mobile issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1 hour; 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
- 10:43 p.m. CDT, October 4, 2026
- Expires
- 11:45 p.m. CDT, October 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMOB MA.W 0234
- 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 1145 PM CDT. * At 1043 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Pensacola Beach, or 9 nm southeast of Pensacola Pass, moving east at 10 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... Navarre Beach, East Santa Rosa Sound, West Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Beach, and Oriskany Reef.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately.
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