SMWLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Special Marine Warning for. Nearshore Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Calumet Harbor. Nearshore Waters from Calumet Harbor to Michigan City. Open Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City out to Mid Lake. * Until 100 AM CDT. * At 1058 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 nm west of Ohare Airport to near Aurora, moving east at 40 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE. Radar. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Strong thunderstorms will be near. Monroe Harbor, 31st Street Harbor, Burnham Harbor, DuSable Harbor, Belmont Harbor, and Diversy Harbor around 1125 PM CDT. Harrison-Dever Crib and Jackson Park Harbor around 1130 PM CDT. Calumet Harbor around 1135 PM CDT. Hammond Marina around 1140 PM CDT. Indiana Harbor around 1145 PM CDT. Burns Harbor and Marina Shores at Dune Harbor around 1200 AM CDT.

For the following areas. Nearshore Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Calumet Harbor. Nearshore Waters from Calumet Harbor to Michigan City. Open Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City out to Mid Lake. At 1124 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm west of Diversy Harbor to near Midway Airport to 15 nm south of Ohare Airport, moving east at 40 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. strong thunderstorms will be near. Montrose Harbor, Harrison-Dever Crib, Monroe Harbor, 31st Street Harbor, Burnham Harbor, DuSable Harbor, Belmont Harbor, and Diversy Harbor around 1130 PM CDT. Jackson Park Harbor around 1135 PM CDT. Calumet Harbor around 1140 PM CDT. Hammond Marina around 1145 PM CDT. Indiana Harbor around 1150 PM CDT. Burns Harbor and Marina Shores at Dune Harbor around 1210 AM CDT.

At 1201 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Bangor to Hartford to Fair Plain. Movement was east at 60 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. Dowagiac, Fair Plain, Bridgman, Berrien Springs, Marcellus, Stevensville, Sodus, Penn, Baroda, Shoreham, Eau Claire, Dewey Lake, La Grange, Indian Lake, Sandy Beach, Wakelee, and Magician Lake. This includes Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 15 and 28.

* WHAT. West winds 15 to 25 knots and waves 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE. St Joseph to Whitehall. * WHEN. Until noon EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* WHAT. High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. * WHERE. Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN. Through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS. Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers.

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, heavy rain is still possible with these thunderstorms.