183  
WHUS53 KLOT 162259  
SMWLOT  
LMZ740>742-777-779-170100-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.MA.W.0037.250816T2259Z-250817T0100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
559 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
 
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO CALUMET HARBOR...  
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID  
LAKE...  
 
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 559 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM PLEASANT PRAIRIE TO 10 NM NORTHEAST OF MCHENRY TO 27  
NM NORTHWEST OF ELGIN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HARRISON-DEVER CRIB, BURNHAM HARBOR, WILMETTE HARBOR, JACKSON PARK  
HARBOR, 31ST STREET HARBOR, MONROE HARBOR, BELMONT HARBOR, 59TH  
STREET MARINA, WINTHROP HARBOR, MONTROSE HARBOR, DIVERSY HARBOR,  
AND WAUKEGAN HARBOR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4246 8702 4213 8696 4191 8697 4178 8757  
4185 8761 4189 8762 4189 8760 4190 8762  
4206 8767 4214 8775 4227 8783 4248 8780  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 301DEG 35KT 4255 8786 4250 8818 4245 8854  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
YACK  
 
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