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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville

249 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024



The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...



  Nearshore Waters from Calumet Harbor to Michigan City...

  Open Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Michigan City out to Mid

Lake...



* Until 415 PM CDT.



* At 249 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

  extending from 8 nm west of Valparaiso to 7 nm south of Gary,

  moving northeast at 45 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.



* Severe thunderstorms will be near...

  Marina Shores at Dune Harbor around 255 PM CDT.

  Burns Harbor around 300 PM CDT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northwestern

Indiana...and the adjacent waters of Lake Michigan.



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LAT...LON 4162 8733 4164 8739 4182 8733 4213 8741

      4234 8700 4213 8696 4179 8697 4179 8696

      4172 8691 4166 8709 4165 8714 4163 8716

      4162 8732 4161 8733

TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 226DEG 46KT 4149 8723 4148 8732 



HAIL...>.75IN

WIND...50KTS



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