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FZUS73 KIWX 271829
MWSIWX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
229 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2026
LMZ043-046-080-271915-
/O.CON.KIWX.MA.W.0035.000000T0000Z-260727T1915Z/
229 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID-LINE OF LAKE....
MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI...
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI...
AT 229 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 NM SOUTH OF SOUTH HAVEN
LIGHT TO 9 NM SOUTHEAST OF ST. JOSEPH TO 11 NM SOUTHEAST OF NEW
BUFFALO, MOVING EAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS, AND LARGE
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS AND HAIL. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW BUFFALO AND MICHIGAN CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 4179 8696 4179 8697 4212 8696 4213 8657
4211 8649 4194 8658 4189 8662 4180 8675
4179 8676 4172 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 279DEG 34KT 4227 8631 4197 8635 4167 8654
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...50KTS
FISHER
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