253
FZUS73 KMQT 171408
MWSMQT
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1008 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
LSZ241-242-263-171530-
1008 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
A MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI...
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE
CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE
ROYALE NATIONAL PARK...
ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI...
AT 1006 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS,
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 16 NM SOUTH OF THE WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR
BUOY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL AND THE ONTONAGON MARINA.
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 THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 4735 8967 4724 8851 4722 8855 4717 8853
4723 8840 4709 8861 4714 8869 4697 8893
4695 8910 4682 8934 4678 8976 4675 8981
4688 9012
NJL
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