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WHUS53 KLOT 190218  
SMWLOT  
LMZ741-742-779-190415-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.MA.W.0076.260819T0218Z-260819T0415Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
918 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
 
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO CALUMET HARBOR...  
OPEN WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID  
LAKE...  
 
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 918 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WAUKEGAN HARBOR TO 12 NM SOUTHEAST OF MCHENRY  
TO NEAR ELGIN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HARRISON-DEVER CRIB, CALUMET HARBOR, WILMETTE HARBOR, 31ST STREET  
HARBOR, MONTROSE HARBOR, MONROE HARBOR, BELMONT HARBOR, BURNHAM  
HARBOR, 59TH STREET MARINA, JACKSON PARK HARBOR, DIVERSY HARBOR,  
AND DUSABLE HARBOR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4182 8697 4176 8741 4173 8753 4175 8753  
4176 8756 4183 8760 4188 8762 4189 8760  
4190 8762 4196 8764 4196 8763 4199 8766  
4208 8768 4211 8760 4212 8696  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 292DEG 32KT 4230 8790 4221 8807 4205 8824  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
YACK  
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