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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
106 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID-LINE OF LAKE....
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.
* AT 106 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 NM NORTHWEST OF
NEW BUFFALO, OR 20 NM WEST OF ST. JOSEPH LIGHT, MOVING EAST AT 50
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 4193 8659 4187 8665 4194 8697 4212 8696
4213 8657 4211 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 282DEG 50KT 4206 8694
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...49KTS
MCD
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