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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Mobile AL

653 PM CDT Fri May 22 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...

  Perdido Bay Area...

  South Mobile Bay...



* Until 800 PM CDT.



* At 653 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm capable of producing

  waterspouts was located near Portersville Bay, or near Western

  Dauphin Island, moving east 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.



* Locations impacted include...

  Sand Island Lighthouse, Bon Secour Bay, Mississippi Sound East Of

  Pascagoula, Heron Bay, Central Dauphin Island, Dauphin Island

  Bridge, Fort Gaines, Gulf Shores Beach, Western Dauphin Island, and

  Fort Morgan.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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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LAT...LON 3037 8838 3038 8777 3036 8779 3033 8775

      3035 8770 3032 8765 3038 8764 3038 8757

      3011 8759 3022 8838

TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 274DEG 21KT 3031 8829



WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE

HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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