041  
WHUS53 KIWX 181955  
SMWIWX  
LMZ043-046-080-182100-  
/O.NEW.KIWX.MA.W.0011.250618T1955Z-250618T2100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
355 PM EDT WED JUN 18 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 500 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 354 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 NM SOUTHWEST  
OF MICHIGAN CITY TO 13 NM SOUTH OF NEW BUFFALO TO 25 NM EAST OF  
VALPARAISO, MOVING NORTH AT 50 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS.  
 
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...  
NEW BUFFALO AND MICHIGAN CITY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN  
INDIANA...SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE  
MICHIGAN.  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 

 
 
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 1954Z 195DEG 51KT 4161 8695 4158 8664 4135 8652  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...49KTS  
 

 
 
DN  
 
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