492  
FZUS73 KDTX 160511  
MWSDTX  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI  
111 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
LHZ421-422-160615-  
111 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WATERS  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI...  
OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER  
SAGINAW BAY...  
 
AT 110 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE  
OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS  
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 NM SOUTHWEST OF  
PINCONNING TO 8 NM SOUTH OF LINWOOD TO 9 NM SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE  
SAGINAW RIVER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 KNOTS.  
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
BAY CITY LIBERTY HARBOR AND THE MOUTH OF THE SAGINAW RIVER AROUND  
115 AM EDT.  
PINCONNING AND QUANICASSEE AROUND 120 AM EDT.  
SEBEWAING AROUND 140 AM EDT.  
GRAVELLY SHOALS AROUND 145 AM EDT.  
BAY PORT AROUND 150 AM EDT.  
CASEVILLE AROUND 155 AM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE BAY PORT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES,  
AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY  
UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4391 8396 4392 8389 4399 8384 4398 8376  
4400 8373 4399 8368 4402 8369 4405 8366  
4405 8358 4419 8356 4418 8300 4405 8299  
4397 8310 4394 8324 4372 8343 4368 8348  
4367 8354 4355 8367 4365 8394 4368 8396  
 
 
 
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