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MWSIWX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
535 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
LMZ043-046-061-232230-
535 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING LAKE MICHIGAN...
AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS...FROM 25 NM 
NORTH OF NEW BUFFALO TO 9 NM NORTHWEST OF BURNS HARBOR...MOVING 
EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL 
OCCUR WITH THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES 
AND COULD QUICKLY FILL SMALLER BOATS WITH WATER. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK 
SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO STRENGTHEN 
THROUGH 700 PM EDT. MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER 
SOURCES FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
LAT...LON 4201 8656 4193 8659 4184 8671 4174 8692
      4182 8697 4213 8697 4213 8662 4210 8651
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