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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Duluth MN
305 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

The National Weather Service in Duluth MN has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Duluth MN to Port Wing WI...
  Lake Superior west of a line from Saxon Harbor WI to Grand Portage
  MN beyond 5NM...
  Port Wing to Sand Island WI...
  Silver Bay Harbor to Two Harbors MN...
  Two Harbors to Duluth MN...

* Until 400 PM CDT.

* At 305 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 nm southwest of Barkers Island to 25 nm south of
  Superior Harbor, moving northeast 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...
  Superior Harbor, Barkers Island, Duluth Harbor, and Superior Entry
  around 310 PM CDT.
  Duluth Lift Bridge Channel around 315 PM CDT.
  French River and McQuade Harbor around 325 PM CDT.
  Stoney Point, Knife River Marina, and Brule Point around 330 PM
  CDT.
  Two Harbors Protected Access Agate Bay and Larsmont around 335 PM
  CDT.
  Port Wing Harbor around 340 PM CDT.
  Herbster around 345 PM CDT.
  Castle Danger, Siskwit Bay, Bark Bay, and Bark Point around 350 PM
  CDT.

Other locations impacted by strong thunderstorms include Superior
Entry, Maikwe Bay, Brule Point, Meyers Beach, Bark Bay, Eagle Island,
and Bark Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 4669 9229 4668 9224 4680 9212 4715 9149
      4729 9132 4692 9094 4691 9097 4682 9084
      4679 9089 4688 9093 4689 9096 4684 9110
      4683 9121 4673 9151 4666 9193 4666 9203
      4671 9210 4666 9211 4662 9221 4664 9229
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 229DEG 51KT 4663 9225 4629 9184

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

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