Found this tonight while checking out the weather on the NWS site...just an observation...when most people think of the Great Lakes they don't necessarily think of ocean-type waves....
Some of you may be old enough to remember the Edmund Fitzgerald...a large ore boat that went down in very similar weather to this weekend, back in 1975. More info on that at: http://www.ssefo.com/
This stuff is ledgendary around these parts...just thought I'd share.
LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH
MIZ001>003-006-007-150400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
500 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2004
...LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ALONG THE
LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE FROM ONTONAGON TO MANITOU ISLAND AND FROM AU
TRAIN TO CRISP POINT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKESHORE
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST SHORES OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND
FOR SHORELINE AREAS OF ALGER AND LUCE COUNTIES FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
LAKESHORE FLOODING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO ST JAMES BAY BY SATURDAY EVENING. AS THE
LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY...THE
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG
THE SHORELINE...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE EXPOSED TO THESE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
SEE INCREASING WAVE HEIGHTS ON SATURDAY. WAVES MAY INCREASE UP TO 16
FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE SHORE FROM ONTONAGON TO COPPER
HARBOR...WITH HIGHER WAVES POSSIBLE AROUND MANITOU ISLAND.
DUE TO THE LONGER FETCH ACROSS EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...THE SHORE
FROM AU TRAIN EAST TO CRISP POINT COULD SEE WAVES AS HIGH AS 23 FEET
BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE HIGH WAVES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LAKESHORE FLOODING
ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTH AND INTO JAMES BAY
SATURDAY NIGHT...THE WINDS AND WAVES WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.
PERSONS ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS
NOW TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY BEFORE HIGH WINDS AND WAVES DEVELOP
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
A LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT LAKESHORE FLOODING AND/OR
MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE FROM HIGH WINDS AND
WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE. DAMAGE TO UNPROTECTED VESSELS AND
STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY OFF OF PIERS...
BREAKWALLS AND BEACHES WHEN HIGH WAVES ARE OCCURRING. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$
$$
RJT/KC
Some of you may be old enough to remember the Edmund Fitzgerald...a large ore boat that went down in very similar weather to this weekend, back in 1975. More info on that at: http://www.ssefo.com/
This stuff is ledgendary around these parts...just thought I'd share.
LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH
MIZ001>003-006-007-150400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
500 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2004
...LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ALONG THE
LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE FROM ONTONAGON TO MANITOU ISLAND AND FROM AU
TRAIN TO CRISP POINT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKESHORE
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST SHORES OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND
FOR SHORELINE AREAS OF ALGER AND LUCE COUNTIES FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
LAKESHORE FLOODING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO ST JAMES BAY BY SATURDAY EVENING. AS THE
LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY...THE
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG
THE SHORELINE...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE EXPOSED TO THESE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
SEE INCREASING WAVE HEIGHTS ON SATURDAY. WAVES MAY INCREASE UP TO 16
FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE SHORE FROM ONTONAGON TO COPPER
HARBOR...WITH HIGHER WAVES POSSIBLE AROUND MANITOU ISLAND.
DUE TO THE LONGER FETCH ACROSS EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...THE SHORE
FROM AU TRAIN EAST TO CRISP POINT COULD SEE WAVES AS HIGH AS 23 FEET
BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE HIGH WAVES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LAKESHORE FLOODING
ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTH AND INTO JAMES BAY
SATURDAY NIGHT...THE WINDS AND WAVES WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.
PERSONS ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS
NOW TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY BEFORE HIGH WINDS AND WAVES DEVELOP
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
A LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT LAKESHORE FLOODING AND/OR
MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE FROM HIGH WINDS AND
WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE. DAMAGE TO UNPROTECTED VESSELS AND
STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY OFF OF PIERS...
BREAKWALLS AND BEACHES WHEN HIGH WAVES ARE OCCURRING. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$
$$
RJT/KC
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