NWS Mobile ALMA.W 0207September 19, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacol
The National Weather Service office in Mobile issued a special marine warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM, which was in force until 10:45 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 207th 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 Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:18 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMOB MA.W 0207
- 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... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 1045 PM CDT. * At 918 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef, or near Mary Esther, moving southwest at 10 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Mary Esther, Navarre Beach, East Santa Rosa Sound, West Santa Rosa Sound, Oriskany Reef, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef, Destin, East Pass At Destin, and Okaloosa Pier.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.
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