Issued by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
640 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
LMZ643>646-669-671-673-675-070145-
640 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING AND OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI...
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI...
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI...
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL...
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5NM OFF SHORE TO
MID LAKE...
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5NM OFF
SHORE TO MID LAKE...
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5NM OFF SHORE
TO MID LAKE...
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5NM OFF
SHORE TO MID LAKE...
AT 637 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...
PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL FROM 24 NM WEST OF
SHEBOYGAN TO 28 NM WEST OF WINTHROP HBR...MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.
AHEAD OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SHEBOYGAN SOUTH TO MILWAUKEE AND
RACINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY
HIGHER WAVES...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING
SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...
SMALL HAIL...AND COULD POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD FOR BOATERS. A SPECIAL
MARINE WARNING MAY EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED WHEN THIS STORM REACHES THE
NEARSHORE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.
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LAT...LON 4338 8788 4348 8780 4359 8779 4369 8771
4390 8773 4383 8712 4335 8714 4303 8708
4249 8706 4249 8781 4264 8782 4278 8777
4286 8785 4297 8785 4302 8790 4309 8788
4326 8792
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