NWS Mobile ALMA.W 0212September 20, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Western Choctawhatchee Bay, Eastern 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 Western Choctawhatchee Bay, Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and 1 more, which was in force until 10:45 p.m. local time on September 20. It was the 212th special marine warning the NWS office in Mobile issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.4 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mobile AL
- Area
- Western Choctawhatchee Bay, Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM and 1 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:22 p.m. CDT, September 20, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 p.m. CDT, September 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMOB MA.W 0212
- 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... Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM... Western Choctawhatchee Bay... * Until 1045 PM CDT. * At 922 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 20 nm southeast of Okaloosa Deep Water Reef to near Mid Bay Bridge, moving southwest at 25 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... Destin, East Pass At Destin, Okaloosa Deep Water Reef, Oriskany Reef, Mid Bay Bridge, and Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef.
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