980  
WHUS53 KDLH 052155  
SMWDLH  
LSZ121-145>147-150-162-052300-  
/O.NEW.KDLH.MA.W.0033.231005T2155Z-231005T2300Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN  
455 PM CDT THU OCT 5 2023  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
CHEQUAMEGON BAY-BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI...  
DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI...  
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE  
MN BEYOND 5NM...  
OUTER APOSTLE ISLANDS BEYOND 5 NM FROM MAINLAND...  
PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI...  
SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI...  
 
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 455 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A  
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 NM SOUTH OF CASTLE DANGER, TO 8 NM SOUTHEAST  
OF KNIFE RIVER MARINA, TO 6 NM EAST OF SUPERIOR HARBOR, MOVING  
EAST AT 35 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.  
 
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.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
BRULE POINT AROUND 500 PM CDT.  
PORT WING HARBOR AROUND 505 PM CDT.  
HERBSTER AROUND 510 PM CDT.  
SAND ISLAND, BAYFIELD PENINSULA SEA CAVES, SISKWIT BAY HARBOR, AND  
APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKE SHORE AROUND 520 PM CDT.  
SAND BAY AND YORK ISLAND AROUND 525 PM CDT.  
RASPBERRY ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE AROUND 530 PM CDT.  
DEVILS ISLAND AROUND 535 PM CDT.  
RED CLIFF AROUND 540 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE STOCKTON  
ISLAND, APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKE SHORE, BRULE POINT, AND OUTER  
ISLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY  
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4667 9202 4705 9144 4717 9025 4687 9063  
4673 9090 4676 9092 4690 9080 4693 9086  
4692 9095 4684 9110 4682 9118 4683 9121  
4673 9151 4667 9187  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 268DEG 37KT 4701 9145 4683 9167 4672 9187  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...40KTS  
 

 
 
HUYCK  
 
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