Special Marine Warning

SMWAPX

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... Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay... Seul Choix Point to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge...

* Until 215 PM EDT.

* At 1221 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 nm southwest of Point Patterson, moving east at 20 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and large hail.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Large hail could result in structural damage.

* Locations impacted include... Point Aux Chenes, Waugoshance Point, Sturgeon Bay, and Beaver Island.