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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
556 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI...
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE
MN BEYOND 5NM...
OUTER APOSTLE ISLANDS BEYOND 5 NM FROM MAINLAND...
PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI...
SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 556 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT WING HARBOR, OR 27 NM EAST OF
DULUTH LIFT BRIDGE CHANNEL, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAND ISLAND, SISKWIT BAY, APOSTLE ISLAND SEA CAVES, MAIKWE BAY,
HERBSTER, MEYERS BEACH, YORK ISLAND, BARK BAY, EAGLE ISLAND, PORT
WING HARBOR, BARK POINT, SAND BAY, AND APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
LAKE SHORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 4723 9100 4705 9071 4693 9089 4692 9095
4684 9110 4682 9118 4683 9121 4674 9150
4672 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 221DEG 41KT 4669 9144
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BJH
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