329  
WHUS53 KLOT 152320  
SMWLOT  
LMZ740-777-160015-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.MA.W.0008.250515T2320Z-250516T0015Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
620 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
 
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR...  
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR OUT TO MID  
LAKE...  
 
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 619 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 NM NORTHEAST OF  
ELGIN, OR 16 NM SOUTHWEST OF WAUKEGAN HARBOR, MOVING NORTHEAST 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...  
WINTHROP HARBOR AND WAUKEGAN HARBOR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN  
ILLINOIS...AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4247 8742 4219 8779 4230 8783 4231 8782  
4233 8782 4233 8783 4237 8783 4237 8782  
4236 8782 4238 8781 4239 8780 4248 8780  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 209DEG 38KT 4215 8806  
 
HAIL...>.75IN  
WIND...50KTS  
 
 
 
DOOM  
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