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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1106 AM CDT WED APR 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY...
OPEN WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
LAKE...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.
* AT 1106 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 NM NORTHWEST
OF NEW BUFFALO, OR 15 NM NORTHWEST OF MICHIGAN CITY, MOVING SOUTH
AT 20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MICHIGAN CITY AND BURNS HARBOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH AND OUTSIDE OF THIS STORM. IF
CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM
UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 4165 8711 4165 8714 4164 8715 4173 8719
4199 8714 4205 8697 4179 8697 4179 8696
4173 8691 4172 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 346DEG 18KT 4194 8702
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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