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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
727 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 NORTHERLY ISLAND...
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
LAKE...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* AT 727 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS , MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
HARRISON-DEVER CRIB, BELMONT HARBOR, WILMETTE HARBOR, WINTHROP
HARBOR, MONTROSE HARBOR, DIVERSY 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.
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 4246 8702 4213 8696 4188 8697 4189 8762
4190 8761 4190 8762 4208 8768 4212 8774
4227 8783 4248 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 235DEG 49KT 4200 8779
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...50KTS
DOOM
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