SMWLOT

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...

Nearshore Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Northerly Island...
Open Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Michigan City out to Mid
Lake...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1038 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 17 nm northeast of Montrose Harbor to near Wilmette
Harbor and extending eastward toward mid-lake, moving east at 30
knots.

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

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves. Large hail could result in
structural damage.

* Locations impacted include...
Wilmette Harbor.

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.