000 WHUS54 KMOB 061455 SMWMOB GMZ650-655-670-675-061615- /O.NEW.KMOB.MA.W.0014.080206T1448Z-080206T1615Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 848 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...FROM DESTIN FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 60 OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...EAST BAY AND CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY... * UNTIL 1015 AM CST * AT 843 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER FROM 22 NM NORTHWEST OF MARY ESTHER...MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS. * THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NEAR AND OFF SHORE WATERS...INCLUDING THE BAYS AND INLAND WATERWAYS. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BE JUST WEST OF CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY AROUND 915 AM. MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3059 8697 3051 8697 3049 8688 3043 8683 3048 8653 3054 8644 3049 8640 3049 8614 3039 8622 3038 8642 2976 8644 2959 8649 2955 8790 3031 8724 3063 8703 TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 270DEG 50KT 3068 8687 3031 8711 3010 8734 $$