SMWCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Special Marine Warning for. Nearshore and Open waters from Maumee Bay OH to Vermilion OH. * Until 1045 AM EDT. * At 914 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm west of Elizabeth Park Marina to 35 nm west of North Cape, moving southeast at 40 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE. Radar. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include. Put-In-Bay, Kelleys Island, Sandusky Bay, and Huron.

For the following areas. Nearshore and Open waters from Reno Beach OH to Vermilion OH. At 957 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 14 nm north of Put-In-Bay to 26 nm south of North Cape, moving southeast at 40 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include. Put-In-Bay, Kelleys Island, Sandusky Bay, and Huron.

At 946 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Oregon to near Holgate. Movement was southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include. Findlay, Bowling Green, Fremont, Fostoria, Port Clinton, Bluffton, Bellevue, Clyde, North Baltimore, Oak Harbor, Gibsonburg, Genoa, Woodville, McComb, Elmore, Green Springs, Arcadia, Rawson, Van Buren, and Ballville.

* WHAT. Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots and waves 1 to 3 feet expected. * WHERE. The nearshore waters of Lake Erie from Maumee Bay to Willowick OH. * WHEN. Until 7 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.