NWS Mobile ALMA.W 0183August 29, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM
The National Weather Service office in Mobile issued a special marine warning for Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM, which was in force until 9:00 a.m. local time on August 29. It was the 183rd special marine warning the NWS office in Mobile issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.2 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mobile AL
- Area
- Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:51 a.m. CDT, August 29, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 a.m. CDT, August 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMOB MA.W 0183
- 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... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 900 AM CDT. * At 750 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 27 nm southwest of Oriskany Reef to 34 nm southeast of Farewell Buoy, moving northwest 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. * Strong thunderstorms will remain over mainly open waters.
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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