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FZUS73 KLOT 160347
MWSLOT
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1047 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
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1047 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO CALUMET HARBOR...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM CALUMET HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY...
OPEN WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
LAKE...
AT 1047 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND AN ASSOCIATED GUST FRONT
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 NM EAST OF WILMETTE
HARBOR TO NEAR MIDWAY AIRPORT, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARRISON-DEVER CRIB, WILMETTE HARBOR, 31ST STREET HARBOR, MONROE
HARBOR, BURNS HARBOR, CALUMET HARBOR, INDIANA HARBOR, MONTROSE
HARBOR, BURNHAM HARBOR, HAMMOND MARINA, JACKSON PARK HARBOR, AND
BELMONT HARBOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 4162 8733 4164 8743 4168 8743 4167 8744
4169 8750 4183 8760 4189 8762 4189 8760
4190 8762 4208 8768 4211 8760 4212 8696
4179 8697 4179 8696 4172 8691 4163 8716
4162 8732 4161 8732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 272DEG 32KT 4210 8735 4172 8770
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
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