FZUS73 KLOT 232303 MWSLOT MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 603 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 LMZ741>745-779-240000- 603 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS... AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO 33 KNOTS... 5 NM SOUTHEAST OF NORTHERLY ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 16 KNOTS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR OAK LAWN AND TINLEY PARK ILLINOIS. THESE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAKE MICHIGAN BY CALUMET HARBOR BY 630 PM CDT. MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 4175 8755 4188 8763 4206 8701 4178 8698 4166 8743 $$