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Special Marine Warning

Vermilion to Avon Point OH; Avon Point to Willowick OH; Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border

Ended Oct 16, 7:00 AM EDT

Moving east northeast at 62 mph
25 MI
25 MI
Map of the Special Marine Warning over Vermilion to Avon Point OH, with the area it draws around the storm. Drawn on the national sheet; the scale is at its foot.
In force from
Oct 16, 5:52 AM EDT
Until
Oct 16, 7:00 AM EDT
Issued
Oct 16, 5:52 AM EDT
Updated
1 time, last Oct 16, 6:37 AM EDT
Office
Cleveland, OH
Number
134 of its kind from this office this year
Severity
Severe
Storm motion
Moving east northeast at 62 mph
Where
Lake Erie

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT

For the following areas... Nearshore waters from Vermilion OH to Willowick OH... Open waters from Avon Point OH to Willowick OH...

At 636 AM EDT, showers were located along a line extending from 12 nm west of Fairport Harbor to 9 nm northwest of Willowick to near Avon Point, moving east at 50 knots.

Hazard
Wind gusts to 40 knots.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impact
Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

Locations impacted include... Avon Point, Lorain Harbor, Vermilion, Willowick, and Cleveland.

What to do

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

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