NWS Gaylord MIMA.W 0046June 29, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay, Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI, Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI and 2 more
The National Weather Service office in Gaylord issued a special marine warning for Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay, Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI, Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI and 2 more, which was in force until 9:30 a.m. local time on June 29. It was the 46th 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
- Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay, Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI, Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI and 2 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:02 a.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- Expires
- 9:30 a.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAPX MA.W 0046
- 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... Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore... Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake... Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay... Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI... Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI... * Until 930 AM EDT. * At 802 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 nm northwest of North Manitou Island, moving east at 25 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... South Fox Island, Good Hart, Big Rock Point, Charlevoix, Petoskey, North Manitou Island, Grand Traverse Light, Harbor Springs, Beaver Island, Cross Village, Leland, Pyramid Point, The Mouth Of Little Traverse Bay, South Manitou Island, Cat Head Point, and Northport.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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