Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Mobile, AL

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
456 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM...
  Mississippi Sound...
  South Mobile Bay...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 456 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Mississippi Sound East Of Pascagoula to Central
  Dauphin Island to near Fort Gaines, moving south at 15 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...
  Central Dauphin Island, Sand Island Lighthouse, Dauphin Island
  Bridge, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Western Dauphin Island, Farewell
  Buoy, Petit Bois Pass, Mississippi Sound East Of Pascagoula, and
  Alabama Port.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 3039 8841 3038 8840 3041 8840 3040 8824
      3037 8816 3041 8815 3043 8805 3007 8785
      3001 8819 3001 8834 3034 8840 3035 8839
      3038 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 349DEG 16KT 3028 8841 3027 8822 3029 8805

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

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