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SMALL CRAFT, GALE, WHOLE GALE AND HURRICANE WARNINGS SMALL CRAFT SMALL CRAFT DAYTIME SIGNALS WHOLE GALE HURRICANE NIGHT (LIGHT) SIGNALS LEGEND M@ RED M@ BLACK CL) WHITE GALE WHOLE GALE HURRICANE 7S 36 EXPLANATION OF WARNING DISPLAYS SMALL CRAFT WARNING: One RED pennant displayed by day and a RED light OVER a WHITE light at night to indicate winds and seas, or sea conditions alone, considered dangerous to small craft operations are forecast. Winds may range as high as 38 knots. GALE WARNING: Two RED pennants displayed by day and a WHITE light ABOVE a RED light at night to indicate winds within the range 34 to 47 knots are forecast for the area. WHOLE GALE WARNING: A single square RED flag with a BLACK center displayed during daytime and two RED lights at night to indicate winds within the range 48 to 63 knots are forecast for the area. HURRICANE WARNING: Two square RED flags with BLACK centers displayed by day and a WHITE light between two RED lights at night to indicate that winds 74 mph (64 kt.) and above are forecast for the area. As a rule, hurricane warning signals may be ordered displayed at points along U. S. shores of the Great Lakes only on very rare occasions. For example, in the event a hurricane moves inland over the U.S. Gulf or Atlantic coast states and con- tinues with marked intensity as it approaches or passes near the Lake Region, hurricane warnings may be ordered displayed along the lakes to be affected. Hurricane warning signals may also be ordered displayed on occasions during fall, winter, or early spring months when severe storms other than those of tropical origin are expected to affect the lakes. In such cases, warning messages issued for press and radio broadcast distribution will specify that the storm is not a hurricane, but winds of 64 knots and above are expected. NOTE: The above warning display signals are supplementary to, and can not replace the Small Craft, Gale, Whole Gale and Hurri- cane Warning messages issued for broadcast. Important details as to time, intensity, duration, direction of movement of the storm needed for navigation purposes are included in warning messages and lake forecasts broadcast by radio stations.