NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WIMA.W 0046June 28, 2026
Special Marine Warning: North Point Light to Wind Point WI, Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL and Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5NM offshore to Mid Lake
The National Weather Service office in Milwaukee/Sullivan issued a special marine warning for North Point Light to Wind Point WI, Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL and Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5NM offshore to Mid Lake, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on June 28. It was the 46th special marine warning the NWS office in Milwaukee/Sullivan issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- Area
- North Point Light to Wind Point WI, Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL and Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5NM offshore to Mid Lake
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:35 p.m. CDT, June 28, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. CDT, June 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMKX MA.W 0046
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
NWS notices, June 2026The latest from the National Weather Service
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The notice as issued
SMWMKX The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore waters from North Point Light WI to Winthrop Harbor IL... Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI TO Winthrop Harbor IL 5 nm off shore to mid lake... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 435 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 12 nm west of Kenosha, moving east at 35 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * The strong thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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