NWS Detroit/Pontiac MIMA.W 0079October 7, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay, Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI, Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI and 1 more
The National Weather Service office in Detroit/Pontiac issued a special marine warning for Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay, Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI, Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI and 1 more, which was in force until 10:00 p.m. local time on October 7. It was the 79th special marine warning the NWS office in Detroit/Pontiac issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Detroit/Pontiac MI
- Area
- Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay, Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI, Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI and 1 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:45 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2026
- Expires
- 10:00 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDTX MA.W 0079
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWDTX The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI... Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach 5NM Off Shore to the US/Canadian border... Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay... Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI... * Until 1000 PM EDT. * At 845 PM EDT, showers were located along a line extending from 8 nm east of Tawas Point to near White Stone Point to near Pinconning, moving east at 30 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Showers will be near... Gravelly Shoals and Pinconning around 850 PM EDT. Caseville around 910 PM EDT. Port Austin around 915 PM EDT. Bay Port around 925 PM EDT. Sebewaing around 945 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by showers include Bay Port.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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