Small Craft Advisory 21, NWS Detroit, MI

Issued

Aug 16, 2014, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 16, 2014, 10:00 AM EDT

Expired

Aug 16, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Detroit, MI

128 
WHUS73 KDTX 160756
MWWDTX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
356 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER SAGINAW BAY TODAY...

.FLOW WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD 
FRONT THAT WILL DROP THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS ARE 
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 20 KNOTS...WITH CHANNELING THROUGH SAGINAW BAY 
PRODUCING A SLIGHT INCREASE TO AROUND 25 KNOTS. GIVEN THE LOCAL 
EFFECTS WILL ISSUE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SAGINAW BAY TODAY. 

THIS SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL PRESENT THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP FROM TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A 
SECOND SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY MAY BRING ADDITIONAL 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ST CLAIR ON SUNDAY.

LHZ421-422-162000-
/O.NEW.KDTX.SC.Y.0021.140816T1400Z-140816T2000Z/
OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER
SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI-
356 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT 
  SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 19 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS 
  UP TO 25 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL 
  BE 4 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 5 FEET. 

* TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EDT 
  SATURDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 11 AM EDT 
  SATURDAY. 

REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

KURIMSKI

404 
WHUS73 KDTX 161950
MWWDTX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
350 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014



LHZ421-422-162100-
/O.EXP.KDTX.SC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140816T2000Z/
OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER
SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI-
350 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS
EVENING.

$$

DG

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