368  
FZUS73 KLOT 262138  
MWSLOT  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
438 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2026  
 
LMZ742>745-779-262230-  
/O.CON.KLOT.MA.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260326T2230Z/  
438 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2026  
   
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
 
 
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...  
 
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...  
 
AT 437 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALUMET HARBOR,  
MOVING EAST AT 60 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN  
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
INDIANA HARBOR AND HAMMOND MARINA AROUND 445 PM CDT.  
MARINA SHORES AT DUNE HARBOR AROUND 450 PM CDT.  
BURNS HARBOR AROUND 455 PM CDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4162 8733 4164 8743 4168 8743 4167 8747  
4170 8751 4175 8753 4179 8758 4178 8758  
4186 8761 4190 8697 4179 8697 4179 8696  
4172 8691 4166 8709 4165 8714 4163 8716  
4162 8732 4161 8733  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 270DEG 62KT 4170 8761  
 
HAIL...>.75IN  
WIND...40KTS  
 

 
 
RATZER  
 
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