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FZUS73 KLOT 302031
MWSLOT
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
331 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2025
LMZ744-745-302039-
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331 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2025
..THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS CANCELLED
THE AFFECTED AREAS WERE...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM GARY TO MICHIGAN CITY...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND NO LONGER
POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO BOATERS. GUSTY WINDS WITH LINGERING
SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE, HOWEVER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE ADJACENT
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4246 8718 4246 8702 4213 8696 4179 8697
4201 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 270DEG 41KT 4247 8706 4205 8699 4167 8684
LMZ777-779-302100-
/O.CON.KLOT.MA.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250330T2100Z/
331 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2025
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
LAKE...
AT 329 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS
AND NEAR HURRICANE-FORCE WIND GUSTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 32 NM EAST OF WINTHROP HARBOR TO 18 NM NORTHWEST OF
NEW BUFFALO TO NEAR MICHIGAN CITY, MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS. THE
MICHIGAN CITY GLERL SITE RECORDED A 67 KNOT WIND GUST WITH THESE
STORMS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 KNOTS, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...MARINE OBSERVATIONS.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN SUDDENLY
HIGHER WAVES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE ADJACENT
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4246 8718 4246 8702 4213 8696 4179 8697
4201 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 270DEG 41KT 4247 8706 4205 8699 4167 8684
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...65KTS
CARLAW
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