NWS Mobile ALMA.W 0199September 11, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Western Choctawhatchee Bay, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and 1 more
The National Weather Service office in Mobile issued a special marine warning for Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Western Choctawhatchee Bay, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and 1 more, which was in force until 6:45 a.m. local time on September 11. It was the 199th 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, Western Choctawhatchee Bay, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and 1 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:14 a.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 a.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMOB MA.W 0199
- 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... Western Choctawhatchee Bay... * Until 645 AM CDT. * At 513 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from near Mary Esther to 6 nm south of Oriskany Reef, moving northeast at 20 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... Mary Esther, West Choctawhatchee Bay, Fort Walton Beach, East Santa Rosa Sound, Oriskany Reef, Shalimar, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef, Destin, East Pass At Destin, and Okaloosa Pier.
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.