FZUS73 KGRB 202149 MWSGRB MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 449 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2009 LMZ521-541-563-202215- /O.CON.KGRB.MA.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090820T2215Z/ ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT... FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... CENTRAL BAY OF GREEN BAY... NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO STURGEON BAY... OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY... AT 448 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO 40 KNOTS FROM EAGLE BLUFF LIGHT TO CANA ISLAND LIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... DETROIT ISLAND BY 515 PM 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. MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO 40 KNOTS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. && LAT...LON 4491 8706 4493 8709 4496 8714 4499 8720 4510 8708 4524 8707 4514 8717 4515 8722 4506 8726 4501 8730 4512 8740 4516 8745 4541 8704 4517 8658 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 231DEG 31KT 4518 8725 4505 8700 $$ EB