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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1016 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING OUT TO MID LAKE MICHIGAN INCLUDING THE
  NEARSHORE WATERS FROM...
  WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR...
  WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND...
  NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR...
  CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY...
  GARY TO BURNS HARBOR...
  BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT/200 AM EDT/...
* AT 1016 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. A STRONGER LINE 
  OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...FROM ABOUT 40 
  MILES WEST OF WINTHROP HARBOR NEAR HARVARD...TO 95 MILES WEST OF 
  NORTHERLY ISLAND NEAR DIXON...MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS. ALL OF      
  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 34 KNOTS OR 
  GREATER...AND WILL AFFECT THE WATERS OF SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN 
  THOUGH 1 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
EVENING/MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
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LAT...LON 4163 8741 4171 8754 4184 8762 4206 8768
      4220 8780 4249 8771 4246 8701 4215 8696
      4180 8696 4172 8691 4165 8709 4162 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 260DEG 53KT 4249 8756 4119 8800
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