280
FZUS73 KMQT 282157
MWSMQT
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
557 PM EDT MON APR 28 2025
LSZ266-282215-
/O.CON.KMQT.MA.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250428T2215Z/
557 PM EDT MON APR 28 2025
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND
5NM FROM SHORE...
AT 557 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 NM SOUTH OF THE
EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR BUOY, MOVING EAST AT 65 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, LARGE HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 4721 8662 4733 8680 4747 8628 4734 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 252DEG 64KT 4732 8643
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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