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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
517 AM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
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 645 AM EDT.
* AT 517 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 NM EAST OF
WILMETTE HARBOR, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW BUFFALO AND MICHIGAN CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 0917Z 299DEG 29KT 4213 8729
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...40KTS
FISHER
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