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Special Marine Warning

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Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI; Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI; Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore; Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore... Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake... Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI... Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI...
* Until 430 AM EDT.
* At 302 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 14 nm northwest of South Fox Island, moving southeast at 40 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Sleeping Bear Point, South Fox Island, Northport, Leland, Glen Arbor, Pyramid Point, South Manitou Island, North Manitou Island, and Cat Head Point.
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