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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
520 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE...
MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 520 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 NM SOUTHEAST
OF KEWAUNEE PIERHEAD LIGHT TO 15 NM EAST OF TWO CREEKS TO 12 NM
SOUTHEAST OF RAWLEY POINT LIGHT, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, AND SMALL HAIL.
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...
PORTAGE LAKE, WILLIAMSPORT, ARCADIA, FRANKFORT, AND POINT BETSIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 4425 8695 4462 8680 4472 8617 4468 8624
4463 8622 4454 8621 4434 8626 4425 8632
4428 8644 4421 8693 4422 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 255DEG 32KT 4438 8730 4426 8720 4413 8724
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
JLD
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