Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
126 WHUS53 KLOT 071847 SMWLOT LMZ741>744-779-072015- /O.NEW.KLOT.MA.W.0014.240507T1847Z-240507T2015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 147 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024 The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Calumet Harbor... Nearshore Waters from Calumet Harbor to Burns Harbor... Open Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City out to Mid Lake... * Until 315 PM CDT. * At 147 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 nm south of Midway Airport to 6 nm southwest of Joliet, moving northeast at 35 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots and large hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Boats could suffer significant structural damage in high winds and hail. Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Harrison-Dever Crib, 31st Street Harbor, Monroe Harbor, Calumet Harbor, Indiana Harbor, Montrose Harbor, Burnham Harbor, Hammond Marina, Jackson Park Harbor, Belmont Harbor, Marina Shores at Dune Harbor, and 59th Street Marina. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northeastern Illinois...northwestern Indiana...and the adjacent waters of Lake Michigan. && LAT...LON 4162 8733 4164 8742 4165 8744 4167 8742 4169 8750 4179 8758 4178 8758 4189 8762 4189 8760 4190 8762 4207 8768 4211 8760 4212 8700 4173 8714 4172 8718 4168 8716 4163 8718 4162 8732 4161 8733 TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 223DEG 36KT 4165 8773 4143 8819 HAIL...>.75IN WIND...50KTS $$ Izzi