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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
326 PM EDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
NEARSHORE AND OPEN WATERS FROM ST JOSEPH TO PENTWATER MI...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 323 PM EDT, DESTRUCTIVE WINDS BEHIND AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION
WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE WATERS. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST OR
SOUTHEAST, MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR SMALL CRAFT TO RETURN
TO PORT IF CAUGHT IN THESE WINDS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HIGH
WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAUGATUCK PIER HEADS, SOUTH HAVEN LIGHT, ST. JOSEPH LIGHT, WHITE
LAKE PIER HEADS, MONA LAKE CHANNEL, THE WHITE LAKE PIERHEADS,
LITTLE SABLE POINT LIGHT, GRAND HAVEN LIGHT, MUSKEGON LIGHT, AND
ST. JOSEPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE WINDS
SUBSIDE. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 4212 8696 4339 8715 4383 8709 4379 8654
4375 8658 4375 8646 4363 8654 4308 8625
4269 8621 4234 8630 4211 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 268DEG 31KT 4365 8711 4209 8698
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS
TJT
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