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Marine Weather Statement

National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville

455 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024



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455 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024



...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



For the following areas...



  Nearshore Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Calumet Harbor...

  Open Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Michigan City out to Mid

Lake...



At 452 PM CDT, an area of strong southeast winds was located behind 

a line of showers along a line extending from 12 nm west of Pleasant 

Prairie to 12 nm southwest of Waukegan Harbor to 7 nm northeast of 

Joliet, moving northeast at 45 knots. A brief period of strong 

southeast winds is likely after this line reaches the Lake Michigan 

shore shortly after 5 pm CDT.



HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 

         suddenly higher waves.



Locations impacted include...

Harrison-Dever Crib, Wilmette Harbor, 31st Street Harbor, Monroe

Harbor, Calumet Harbor, Winthrop Harbor, Montrose Harbor, Waukegan

Harbor, Burnham Harbor, Jackson Park Harbor, Belmont Harbor, and 59th

Street Marina.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are

expected.



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LAT...LON 4246 8702 4213 8696 4185 8697 4173 8736

      4176 8740 4173 8753 4183 8760 4189 8762

      4189 8760 4190 8762 4206 8767 4214 8775

      4227 8783 4248 8780

TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 245DEG 44KT 4254 8816 4223 8803 4162 8802 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...40KTS



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