046  
FZUS73 KLOT 212016  
MWSLOT  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
316 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2026  
 
LMZ741>745-777-779-212215-  
316 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
 
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO CALUMET HARBOR...  
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM CALUMET HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY...  
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID  
LAKE...  
 
AT 316 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE  
OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL. THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MIDWAY  
AIRPORT TO 9 NM NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH LIGHT, MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST  
AT 45 KNOTS.  
 
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  
MARINA SHORES AT DUNE HARBOR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY HIGHER  
WAVES, AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4162 8733 4164 8743 4167 8742 4169 8750  
4179 8758 4178 8758 4189 8762 4189 8760  
4208 8768 4211 8760 4213 8761 4215 8697  
4179 8697 4179 8696 4172 8691 4163 8716  
4162 8732 4161 8733  
 
 
 
RC  
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