Severe Coastal Hazard

Special Marine Warning issued May 3 at 7:15PM EDT until May 3 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI

Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to Norwood MI; Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay; Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI; Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI; Manistee to Point Betsie MI; Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore; Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake; Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake Source: NOAA / NWS

Details

For the following areas...
Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to Norwood
MI...
Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac
Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM
offshore...
Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid
lake...
Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake...
Manistee to Point Betsie MI...
Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse
Bay...
Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI...
Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI...

At 714 PM EDT, showers were located along a line extending from 8 nm
south of Cheboygan to 17 nm west of Point Betsie, moving southeast
at 30 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves.

Locations impacted include...
Good Hart, Northport, Empire, Glen Arbor, Point Betsie, Portage Lake,
North Manitou Island, Norwood, Old Mission Lighthouse, Harbor
Springs, Williamsport, South Manitou Island, Cat Head Point, Big Rock
Point, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Grand Traverse Light, Arcadia, Sleeping
Bear Point, and Leland.

Recommendations

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.