NWS Grand Rapids MIMA.W 0067September 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Pentwater to Manistee MI and Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake
The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids issued a special marine warning for Pentwater to Manistee MI and Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake, which was in force until 8:30 a.m. local time on September 2. It was the 67th special marine warning the NWS office in Grand Rapids issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.6 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Grand Rapids MI
- Area
- Pentwater to Manistee MI and Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:55 a.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 8:30 a.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGRR MA.W 0067
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWGRR The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore and Open Waters from Pentwater to Manistee MI... * Until 830 AM EDT. * At 655 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 20 nm west of Point Betsie to 13 nm south of Rawley Point Light, moving east at 60 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Strong thunderstorms will remain over mainly open waters.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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