Special Marine Warning for Vermilion to Avon Point OH; Avon Point to Willowick OH; Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border +1 more
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Avon Point to Willowick OH, Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border, Vermilion to Avon Point OH, Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border
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What is happening
SMWCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore and Open waters from Vermilion OH TO Willowick OH... * Until 400 AM EDT. * At 225 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms with an outflow gust front ahead of those storms were located along a line extending from 19 nm north...
What the bulletin says to do
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.
Full official description
Bulletin details
SMWCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore and Open waters from Vermilion OH TO Willowick OH... * Until 400 AM EDT. * At 225 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms with an outflow gust front ahead of those storms were located along a line extending from 19 nm north of Avon Point to 10 nm north of Lorain Harbor to 6 nm northwest of Western Vermilion, moving east at 30 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... Avon Point, Cleveland, Lorain Harbor, Willowick, and Vermilion.
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Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 22 at 2:26AM EDT until August 22 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
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Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Cleveland OH. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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