NWS Gaylord MIMA.W 0047June 29, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to Norwood MI, Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay and Sleeping Bear Point to Grand
The National Weather Service office in Gaylord issued a special marine warning for Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to Norwood MI, Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay and Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI, which was in force until 10:45 a.m. local time on June 29. It was the 47th special marine warning the NWS office in Gaylord issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.5 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Gaylord MI
- Area
- Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to Norwood MI, Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay and Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:14 a.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 a.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAPX MA.W 0047
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWAPX The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to Norwood MI... Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay... Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI... * Until 1045 AM EDT. * At 914 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Northport, or near Cat Head Point, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and large hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Large hail could result in structural damage. * Locations impacted include... Norwood, Old Mission Lighthouse, Northport, Grand Traverse Light, and Elk Rapids.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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