Overview

• Active beach and coastal hazard statements span portions of Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania.
• Forecasts call for waves of three to seven feet in parts of Wisconsin and up to eight feet along Illinois’ Cook County shoreline, with three to six feet expected for sections of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan.
• County-level windows include Wisconsin alerts from Thursday noon to Friday morning, a Grand Rapids advisory for multiple Michigan lakeshore counties through Friday morning, Berrien County from Thursday 10 a.m. to Friday 8 a.m. EDT, and Marquette and Alger counties from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.
• The National Weather Service urges people to stay out of the water and off piers and breakwalls, warning that strong rip, structural, and longshore currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and waves can sweep people off piers.
• Local statements highlight past rescues and fatalities at hotspots including Middle Bay north of Presque Isle, Little Presque Isle, the Au Train River mouth, exposed areas of Grand Marais Harbor, and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, with offices posting ongoing updates on social media.