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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1110 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND...
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
LAKE...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.
* AT 1110 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 NM WEST OF PLEASANT PRAIRIE TO 6 NM SOUTH OF
WAUKEGAN HARBOR TO NEAR OHARE AIRPORT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
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...
WINTHROP HARBOR, MONTROSE HARBOR, WAUKEGAN HARBOR, AND WILMETTE
HARBOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
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 4246 8702 4213 8696 4195 8697 4195 8764
4206 8767 4214 8775 4227 8783 4233 8783
4239 8780 4248 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 237DEG 30KT 4258 8814 4226 8777 4201 8796
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
DOOM
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