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
813 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 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)...

* Until 930 PM EDT.

* At 812 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 13 nm northwest of The Ambassador Bridge to 13 nm
  northwest of Wyandotte to 22 nm northwest of Elizabeth Park Marina,
  moving southeast at 15 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail.

  SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  The Ambassador Bridge and Wyandotte around 840 PM EDT.
  Belle Isle around 850 PM EDT.
  Elizabeth Park Marina, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Ile, and Gibraltar
  around 900 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by strong thunderstorms include Gibraltar.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 4226 8317 4233 8311 4239 8295 4244 8291
      4247 8291 4240 8280 4237 8284 4233 8302
      4230 8309 4224 8313 4212 8312 4205 8315
      4203 8314 4201 8319 4202 8320 4201 8320
      4199 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 319DEG 16KT 4252 8321 4236 8337 4228 8363

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS

$$

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