040
FZUS73 KLOT 262200
MWSLOT
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
500 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
LMZ742-743-779-262208-
/O.CAN.KLOT.MA.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260326T2230Z/
500 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
..THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS CANCELLED
THE AFFECTED AREAS WERE...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY...
OPEN WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
LAKE...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND NO LONGER
POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO BOATERS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4162 8733 4163 8736 4171 8731 4170 8727
4171 8721 4173 8718 4174 8710 4179 8696
4172 8691 4166 8709 4165 8714 4164 8715
4164 8716 4163 8716 4163 8720 4162 8732
4161 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 271DEG 61KT 4166 8713
LMZ744-745-262230-
/O.CON.KLOT.MA.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260326T2230Z/
500 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM GARY TO MICHIGAN CITY...
AT 458 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BURNS HARBOR,
MOVING EAST AT 60 KNOTS. A SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH
THIS STORM JUST SOUTH OF THE LAKE SHORE NEAR HIGHLAND INDIANA AT 451
PM CDT.
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 REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 4162 8733 4163 8736 4171 8731 4170 8727
4171 8721 4173 8718 4174 8710 4179 8696
4172 8691 4166 8709 4165 8714 4164 8715
4164 8716 4163 8716 4163 8720 4162 8732
4161 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 271DEG 61KT 4166 8713
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...40KTS
RATZER
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