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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
335 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009
...HAZARDOUS WAVES FOR SMALL CRAFT THIS EVENING...
.NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS HAVE CREATED WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET IN
THE NEARSHORE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES WILL REMAIN LARGE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING AFTER DARK. WINDS AND WAVES
WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY TOWARD MIDNIGHT.
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ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-
335 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE
GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET IN MUCH OF THE NEARSHORE AREA.
WAVES OF THIS HEIGHT WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALLER CRAFT. WINDS
AND WAVES WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY AROUND SUNSET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.
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DUKE