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Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
103 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI...
  MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI...
  LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFF SHORE TO
  MID LAKE...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 100 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL
  FROM 22 NM NORTHWEST OF NEW BUFFALO TO 25 NM SOUTHWEST OF BURNS
  HARBOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS.

* THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFF SHORE TO
  MID LAKE AROUND 120 AM EDT.
  MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI AROUND 130 AM EDT.
  NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI AROUND 140 AM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS...SMALL HAIL...
HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD
SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.

&&

LAT...LON 4212 8696 4213 8660 4211 8649 4192 8659
      4189 8662 4183 8670 4175 8684 4173 8690
      4180 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 235DEG 33KT 4211 8699 4128 8739
WIND...HAIL 40KTS <.75IN

$$


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