Expires:201210251545;Remove:201210251545;452091 WHUS53 KMQT 251415 SMWMQT LSZ245>248-265-251545- /O.NEW.KMQT.MA.W.0087.121025T1415Z-121025T1545Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1015 AM EDT THU OCT 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO THE HURON ISLANDS... INCLUDING THE LOWER PORTAGE CANAL AND KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS... NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI... SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE BEYOND 5NM... * UNTIL 1145 AM EDT * AT 1010 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL FROM 9 NM WEST OF BARAGA TO 23 NM SOUTH OF BARAGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 KNOTS. * THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS NEAR... BARAGA...BETE GRISE LIGHT...BIG BAY...GAY...GRANITE POINT...MANITOU ISLAND...PEQUAMING...POINT ABBAYE...SAUX HEAD POINT...THE HURON ISLANDS...THE LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL AND TRAVERSE POINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS...SMALL HAIL... HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4741 8757 4679 8736 4670 8754 4681 8765 4691 8792 4690 8819 4682 8830 4683 8830 4693 8819 4694 8820 4674 8849 4699 8845 4704 8853 4712 8840 4705 8847 4699 8841 4720 8824 4734 8795 4740 8790 TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 220DEG 56KT 4689 8863 4647 8828 WIND...HAIL 40KTS <.75IN $$ MRD