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Mexico should remain in close touch with all future advisories and bulletins. A bulletin was issued at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, stating the eye was over extreme western Cuba and was under surveillance of the Key West and Havana radars. Another bulletin, citing no change, was issued at 11 p.m.
At midnight Friday, Aug. 15, Advisory Number Seven was issued. It stated that small craft around Florida should observe caution. It called Camille "a dangerous hurricane” entering the east portion of the Gulf of Mexico and said it "poses a great threat to the United States mainland.” It urged all interests along the eastern Gulf of Mexico to keep in close touch with advisories. It stated that a hurricane watch probably would be issued for a portion of the coastal area of the northeast Gulf by or before noon Saturday, Aug. 16.
A bulletin issued at 3 a.m. Saturday Aug. 16 located Camille near latitude 23.2 north and longitude 85.0 west or about 220 miles west-southwest of Key West, moving north-northwest at ten miles per hour, with winds estimated at 100 miles per hour near the center. At 6 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, Advisory Number Eight said the hurricane threatened northwest Florida. It said that small craft along the northwest Florida coast and as far west as Mobile, Alabama, should seek safe harbor that night. It added that a hurricane watch "undoubtedly” would be needed over most of that area later that morning, and warnings for a portion of the area that afternoon.
Advisory Number Nine, issued at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, said “a hurricane watch is in effect from Biloxi, Mississippi, to St. Marks, Florida, at 8 a.m. CDT. Specific hurricane warnings will be issued for portions of this coastline at no on today following receipt of further reconnaissance information from the center of hurricane Camille.” It stated that the strongest winds were expected to remain not less than 100 miles per hour, with further intensification expected. It said Camille was “potentially a very dangerous hurricane. All interests in the watch area and adjacent coastlines should remain in close touch with later advices today and be prepared for fast protective action when warnings are issued.”
At 11 a.m. CDT on Saturday, Aug. 16, Advisory Number Ten was issued from the New
Orleans Weather Bureau office. It stated that hurricane warnings had been issued on the northwest Florida coast from Fort Walton to St. Marks and gale warnings elsewhere from Pensacola to Cedar Key, effective at 11 a.m. that day, CDT. It added that “preparations for hurricane force winds and five-to-ten-foot tides in the area from Fort Walton to St. Marks should be started immediately and completed tonight.” At 11 a.m., she was centered near latitude 24.5 and longitude 86.0, or about 380 miles south of Panama City, Florida, moving north-northwestward about 10 miles per hour. It added the hurricane was expected to continue that movement that day, with a gradual turn to the north that night. A slight increase in speed was said to be likely that night and the following day. Highest winds were estimated at 115 miles per hour near the center, with gales extending out about 150 miles from the center. Conditions were said to be favorable for further increase in intensity that day. A bulletin was issued that day at 1 p.m., repeating the information. Another bulletin was issued at 3 p.m., stating Camille had stalled temporarily, but was expected to resume its north-northwestward movement at about 10 miles per hour that night. At 5 p.m. CDT the bulletin said the hurricane had become very intense and repeated safety precautionary information, along with the area watch and warning.
A 7 p.m. CDT bulletin repeated the information and called Camille “a very intense and dangerous storm.” At 9 p.m. CDT on Saturday, Aug. 16, Advisory Number Eleven was issued. It gave the location as latitude 25.4 north and longitude 87.3 west, or about 350 miles south of Pensacola, Florida, moving north-northwest-ward about twelve miles per hour, with highest winds estimated at 150 miles per hour near the center. At 11 p.m. CDT that night, Advisory Number Twelve was issued, stating that Camille was “extremely dangerous,” repeating the watch and warning area and predicting little intensity change over the next twelve hours. A bulletin at 1 a.m. CDT Sunday, Aug. 17, continued to call the storm extremely dangerous, and repeated the watch and warning areas. A 3 a.m. bulletin said that the hurricane was located by a Navy reconnaissance plane near latitude 26.7 north and longitude 86.7
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