WHUS54 KMOB 260824 SMWMOB GMZ655-675-260915- /O.NEW.KMOB.MA.W.0200.080826T0824Z-080826T0915Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 324 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM... COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM... * UNTIL 415 AM CDT * AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 34 TO 50 KNOTS...FROM 3 NM SOUTHEAST OF EAST PASS AT DESTIN...TO 20 NM SOUTHWEST OF TUGBOAT ZEUS REEF...OR FROM 3 NM SOUTH OF DESTIN...TO 11 NM SOUTH OF ORISKANY REEF...MOVING EAST AT 26 KNOTS. * THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... OVER OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF...AND 4 NM SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 331 BRIDGE BY 400 AM CDT... BOATERS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT A RAPID INCREASE IN WAVE HEIGHTS IN SUDDEN SQUALLS. ENSURE LIFE JACKETS ARE SECURELY FASTENED BY YOU AND YOUR CREW. REDUCE YOUR SPEED TO BEST HANDLE SEA CONDITIONS AND PREVENT CAPSIZING. BOATS IN PORT SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT UNTIL THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS PASSED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. IF POSSIBLE...SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 3039 8616 3043 8624 3043 8625 3042 8622 3041 8622 3040 8629 3043 8631 3039 8632 3041 8649 3040 8643 2978 8646 2981 8691 3042 8666 3045 8660 3048 8661 3049 8658 3045 8657 3049 8648 3046 8639 3046 8614 TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 271DEG 26KT 3035 8645 2988 8692 $$