Warning Vector

Special Marine Warning

NWS Mobile AL ยท US

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Details

Special Marine Warning Issued September 20 At 8:05PM CDT Until September 20 At 9:30PM CDT By NWS Mobile AL

Event
Special Marine Warning
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Immediate
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Likely
Response
Avoid

Description

Overview

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... Western Choctawhatchee Bay... * Until 930 PM CDT. * At 805 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 10 nm northwest of East Choctawhatchee Bay, or 13 nm north of Santa Rosa Beach, moving southwest at 15 knots.

Hazard

Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

Source

Radar.

Impacts

Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

Locations impacted

Mary Esther, West Choctawhatchee Bay, Fort Walton Beach, Shalimar, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef, Destin, East Pass At Destin, Okaloosa Pier, and Mid Bay Bridge.

Affected areas

  • Western Choctawhatchee Bay
  • Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay
  • Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Mobile AL

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~30s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M30QY9B6TTXYBQR2MC67DJ9Q
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a6c61a284ec1395944c38d0db373cf6dea000dd2.001.1
Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office
NWS Mobile AL
AWIPS ID
CAPMOB
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.1689
WMO heading
XOUS54
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
54

Event codes

NameValue
SAMESMW
NationalWeatherServiceMAW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierSMWMOB
WMOidentifierWHUS54 KMOB 210105
eventMotionDescription2026-09-21T01:05:00-00:00...storm...050DEG...17KT...30.59,-86.29
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.NEW.KMOB.MA.W.0211.260921T0105Z-260921T0230Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-20T21:30:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Western Choctawhatchee Bay
  • Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay
  • Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM
NameValue
SAME077635
SAME077636
SAME077655
UGCGMZ635
UGCGMZ636
UGCGMZ655
Polygons
30.42,-86.26 30.39,-86.25 30.42,-86.31 30.38,-86.33 30.4,-86.39 30.26,-86.39 30.07,-86.6 30.36,-86.85 30.4,-86.62 30.4,-86.76 30.41,-86.77 30.5,-86.61 30.49,-86.53 30.55,-86.5 30.53,-86.4 30.46,-86.39 30.5,-86.2 30.45,-86.18 30.42,-86.26