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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
915 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID-LINE OF LAKE....
MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI...
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 915 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 NM NORTHEAST OF HARRISON-DEVER CRIB TO 6 NM
SOUTHWEST OF HAMMOND MARINA, MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HIGH
WINDS AND HAIL. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN SUDDENLY
HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW BUFFALO AND MICHIGAN CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 4179 8696 4179 8697 4212 8696 4213 8657
4211 8649 4194 8658 4189 8662 4180 8675
4179 8676 4172 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 255DEG 39KT 4197 8744 4161 8758
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...50KTS
NWS
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