735  
WHUS53 KLOT 262116  
SMWLOT  
LMZ740>742-777-779-262315-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.MA.W.0008.240426T2116Z-240426T2315Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
416 PM CDT FRI APR 26 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
 
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO CALUMET HARBOR...  
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID  
LAKE...  
 
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 413 PM CDT, AN AREA OF STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WAS LOCATED  
BEHIND AN AREA OF SHOWERS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 NM WEST  
OF MCHENRY TO 11 NM WEST OF ELGIN TO 19 NM WEST OF JOLIET, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 45 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HARRISON-DEVER CRIB, WILMETTE HARBOR, 31ST STREET HARBOR, MONROE  
HARBOR, CALUMET HARBOR, WINTHROP HARBOR, MONTROSE HARBOR, WAUKEGAN  
HARBOR, BURNHAM HARBOR, JACKSON PARK HARBOR, BELMONT HARBOR, AND  
59TH STREET MARINA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4246 8702 4213 8696 4185 8697 4173 8736  
4176 8740 4173 8753 4183 8760 4189 8762  
4189 8760 4190 8762 4206 8767 4214 8775  
4227 8783 4248 8780  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 245DEG 44KT 4236 8868 4205 8855 4144 8853  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...40KTS  
 

 
 
RATZER  
 
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