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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
916 PM EDT WED OCT 3 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE...
GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE...
SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 916 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 10 NM WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS SHOAL, MOVING
EAST AT 60 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS SHOAL, ST MARTIN ISLAND, SUMMER ISLAND AND POINT
DETOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4546 8737 4558 8730 4565 8726 4567 8723
4577 8649 4563 8651 4562 8653 4552 8655
4544 8664 4544 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 263DEG 61KT 4557 8725
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LG
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