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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
946 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008
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946 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS
AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN MCHENRY ACROSS LAKE COUNTY
ILLINOIS...AND OUT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING OVER THE OPEN WATERS 30 MILES EAST OF CHICAGO.
SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.
IN ADDITION TO THESE STORMS...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTH DOWN THE
LAKE AND WAS APPROACHING WINTHROP HARBOR AT 945 PM CDT. THE FRONT
WILL PUSH TO THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE BY MIDNIGHT TURNING WINDS
NORTHERLY. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 KNOTS BEHIND THE
FRONT FOR A PERIOD OF A FEW HOURS.
LAT...LON 4164 8741 4166 8744 4168 8743 4167 8746
4172 8754 4185 8762 4189 8762 4198 8766
4206 8767 4222 8782 4231 8784 4249 8780
4246 8702 4218 8696 4180 8697 4172 8691
4166 8708 4162 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 275DEG 35KT 4226 8722 4222 8738
4224 8778 4217 8826
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