NOUS53 KMQT 240141
OAVMQT
NOTIFICATION REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
940 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
TO:       FORENSIC SERVICES MANAGER (W/OM113)
          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
          C/O NOAA MESSAGE CENTER
          SILVER SPRING, MD 20910
INFO:     NWS CENTRAL REGION HEADQUARTERS
          ATTN: MARINE PROGRAM LEADER
ALPHA:    16 FOOT STARCRAFT FISHING BOAT, NAME UNKNOWN.
BRAVO:    LOCATION........2 MILES FROM BIG TRAVERSE BAY MARINA,      
                          MARINA IS LOCATED AT 47.19 N, 88.23 W
          DATE............8/23/08
          INCIDENT TIME...APPROXIMATELY 1530Z
CHARLIE:  3 ABOARD, 1 FATALITY. BOAT WAS IN A FISHING TOURNAMENT,    
          AND A DISTRESS SIGNAL WAS PUT OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 1530Z.  
          NEARBY BOATERS FOUND THE PASSENGERS FLOATING IN THE WATER, 
          WHERE THEIR BOAT HAD SUNK. THE VICTIMS WERE THEN           
          TRANSPORTED TO SHORE, WHERE TWO OF THE PASSENGERS WERE     
          TREATED BY RESCUE PERSONNEL. THE THIRD PASSENGER, A 42     
          YEAR OLD MAN WAS TAKEN TO KEWEENAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,      
          WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL. THE CAUSE OF      
          DEATH IS UNDETERMINED.
DELTA:    GRAND TRAVERSE BAY GLOS WEATHER STATION (GTRM4)
          1500Z 8/23/08 WNW 16 KT GUSTS 22 KT
          1530Z 8/23/08 WNW 12 KT GUSTS 22 KT
          1600Z 8/23/08 WNW 15 KT GUSTS 27 KT
          STANNARD ROCK C-MAN (STDM4)
          15Z 8/23/08 W 24 KT GUSTS 27 KT
          16Z 8/23/08 W 18 KT GUSTS 20 KT
          HOUGHTON-HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HOUGHTON MI (KCMX)
          15Z 8/23/08 W 21 KT GUSTS 29 KT
          16Z 8/23/08 W 23 KT GUSTS 32 KT              
          COPPER HARBOR, MICHIGAN (KP53)
          15Z 8/23/08 NW 7 KT GUSTS 21 KT
          16Z 8/23/08 NW 10 KT GUSTS 26 KT
ECHO:     OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR, LS 265               
          0745Z SAT AUG 23 2008
          TODAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS.  
          WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. 
          OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR, LS 265               
          1340Z SAT AUG 23 2008
          REST OF TODAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 30 
          KNOTS LATE. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. 
          NEAR SHORE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR, LS 246              
          0904Z SAT AUG 23 2008
          TODAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET       
          BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. 
          NEAR SHORE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR, LS 246              
          1500Z SAT AUG 23 2008
          REST OF TODAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES 1 TO 3    
          FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. 
FOXTROT:  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ISSUED FOR LS 246 AT 09Z SATURDAY,    
          VALID UNTIL 10Z SUNDAY. WINDS WERE ELEVATED DUE TO THE     
          PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLIER SATURDAY MORNING.
                               
GOLF:     NONE.
PREPARED BY TOM GREEN, ASSOCIATE FORECASTER
WFO MARQUETTE MI