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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
518 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM CALUMET HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY...
OPEN WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
LAKE...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 518 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM INDIANA HARBOR TO BURNS HARBOR, MOVING EAST AT 25
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANA HARBOR, CALUMET HARBOR, MICHIGAN CITY, BURNS HARBOR, MARINA
SHORES AT DUNE HARBOR, AND HAMMOND MARINA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 4162 8733 4164 8743 4165 8744 4167 8742
4168 8743 4167 8744 4169 8750 4171 8753
4173 8753 4176 8741 4180 8697 4172 8690
4166 8709 4164 8712 4165 8714 4163 8716
4162 8727 4162 8732 4161 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 277DEG 26KT 4167 8744 4163 8716
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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