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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SPECIAL MARINE WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1048 PM EDT SUN OCT 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A



* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...

  OPEN WATERS OF LAKE HURON NORTH OF PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT...

  NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT...



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 1048 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35

  KNOTS...FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF NINE MILE POINT TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST

  OF CHEBOYGAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.



* THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...

  NINE MILE POINT AROUND 1105 PM EDT...

  FORTY MILE POINT AROUND 1145 PM EDT...



MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING

AND HEAVY RAIN. IF POSSIBLE...BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR

IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. BE SURE ALL PASSENGERS

ARE WEARING FLOTATION DEVICES.



LAT...LON 4534 8351 4535 8361 4541 8370 4544 8385

      4550 8392 4550 8410 4558 8413 4566 8428

      4565 8447 4569 8452 4584 8420 4560 8318



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