825  
WHUS53 KLOT 170017  
SMWLOT  
LMZ742>745-779-170215-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.MA.W.0038.250817T0017Z-250817T0215Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
717 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
 
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR...  
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM CALUMET HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY...  
OPEN WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID  
LAKE...  
 
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 717 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 17 NM EAST OF WAUKEGAN HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR TO  
NEAR OHARE AIRPORT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CALUMET HARBOR, MARINA SHORES AT DUNE HARBOR, MICHIGAN CITY, 59TH  
STREET MARINA, HAMMOND MARINA, INDIANA HARBOR, JACKSON PARK HARBOR,  
AND BURNS HARBOR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4162 8733 4164 8743 4168 8743 4167 8744  
4169 8750 4179 8758 4178 8758 4181 8759  
4198 8697 4179 8697 4179 8696 4172 8691  
4166 8707 4165 8714 4163 8716 4162 8732  
4161 8733  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 300DEG 23KT 4230 8743 4207 8766 4191 8798  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...49KTS  
 
 
 
YACK  
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