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FZUS73 KGRR 271947
MWSGRR
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
347 PM EDT MON APR 27 2026
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347 PM EDT MON APR 27 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
NEARSHORE AND OPEN WATERS FROM ST JOSEPH TO PENTWATER MI...
AT 345 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. SHIPS HAVE REPORTED GUSTS UPWARDS
OF 62 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...SHIP.
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...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING,
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE 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 1945Z 268DEG 31KT 4366 8690 4210 8677
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS
JC
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