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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1108 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH HAVEN TO GRAND HAVEN INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS OUT TO
  MID LAKE...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
* AT 1106 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO
  NEARLY 50 KNOTS 4 NM NORTHWEST OF THE SAUGATUCK PIERHEADS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 65 KNOTS.
* THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT SHELDON AROUND 1115 AM EDT.
  THE GRAND HAVEN LIGHT AROUND 1125 AM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4267 8622 4260 8634 4271 8657 4273 8657
      4297 8643 4306 8639 4306 8625 4297 8622
      4270 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 219DEG 63KT 4274 8628
WIND...HAIL 50KNOTS 0.00IN
$$
MJS