Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
121 AM EDT Fri May 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Detroit River...
  Lake St. Clair Open Lake (U.S. Portion)...
  Michigan Waters of Lake Erie from Detroit River to North Cape MI...
  St. Clair River...

* Until 215 AM EDT.

* At 121 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 nm west of St. Clair to Belle Isle to 8 nm
  northwest of Monroe Harbor, moving east at 50 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Mt Clemens Harbor Of Refuge, Monroe Harbor, Lake Erie Metropark
  Harbor, Elizabeth Park Marina, St Clair Flats Old Channel Light,
  New Baltimore, Metro Beach Metropark Marina, Algonac, St. Clair
  Shores, and Detroit River Light around 125 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by strong thunderstorms include Woodland
Beach, Stony Point, Gibraltar, Estral Beach, and Detroit Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM EDT for southeastern
Michigan...the adjacent waters of Lake Erie...and the adjacent waters
of Lake St. Clair.

&&

LAT...LON 4195 8337 4197 8328 4226 8317 4233 8311
      4239 8295 4266 8285 4270 8273 4268 8260
      4264 8256 4267 8251 4261 8252 4255 8259
      4254 8266 4237 8283 4229 8310 4205 8315
      4196 8311 4188 8322 4187 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 274DEG 48KT 4281 8265 4236 8296 4198 8349

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

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