Sieche Warning Lk MI

[EdB]

Just got this from the LACA, it's on NOAA for today for north/central Lk Mich., might want to check or have someone check your boat if it is in slip:

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MIZ037&warncounty=MIC105&firewxzone=MIZ037&local_place1=Ludington+MI&product1=Coastal+Flood+Warning

Coastal Flood Warning

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1216 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...DANGEROUSLY RAPID QUICK CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED

THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND STORM LINE...

.DANGEROUSLY RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED THIS

AFTERNOON. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE LINE OF SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS THAT CROSSED THE LAKE LATE THIS MORNING. WATER

LEVELS WILL HAVE LARGE FLUCTUATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS

EVENING ALONG ALL COASTAL BEACHES. EXPECT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS

TOO.

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-120000-

/O.CON.KGRR.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110712T0000Z/

MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-

1216 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS

EVENING...

* WATER LEVELS: DANGEROUSLY RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ARE

EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF

THE AREA.

* TIMING:THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING

* IMPACTS:HIGH DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS AND WATER LEVELS MAY SURGE

TO UNUSUALLY HIGH LEVELS ON AREA BEACHES SEVERAL TIMES INTO

THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR

IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT

FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE

AND PROPERTY.

[Adam Bomb]

Damn....thanks for the warning there Ed.