WHUS53 KMQT 251104 SMWMQT LSZ244-245-264-266-251145- /O.NEW.KMQT.MA.W.0018.090825T1104Z-090825T1145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 704 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR FROM EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI... MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI... LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER... LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE... * UNTIL 745 AM EDT... * AT 703 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COPPER HARBOR. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MANITOU ISLAND AROUND 715 AM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOATERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY MOVE AWAY FROM THE PATH OF THIS STORM. ROUGH SEAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR. PUT ON YOUR LIFE JACKET. BOATS IN PORT SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 4767 8695 4743 8689 4740 8756 4735 8796 4739 8796 4740 8794 4740 8778 4743 8772 4746 8781 4746 8798 4760 8800 TIME...MOT...LOC 1104Z 261DEG 41KT 4746 8783 $$ SRF