NWS Gaylord MIMA.W 0107October 7, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI, Lake Huron from Presque Isle Lt. to Sturgeon Point MI 5NM off
The National Weather Service office in Gaylord issued a special marine warning for Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI, Lake Huron from Presque Isle Lt. to Sturgeon Point MI 5NM off shore to US/Canadian border and 1 more, which was in force until 10:15 p.m. local time on October 7. It was the 107th 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
- Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI, Lake Huron from Presque Isle Lt. to Sturgeon Point MI 5NM off shore to US/Canadian border and 1 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:43 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2026
- Expires
- 10:15 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAPX MA.W 0107
- 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 Huron from Presque Isle Lt. to Sturgeon Point MI 5NM off shore to US/Canadian border... Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI 5NM off shore to US/Canadian border... Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary... Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 842 PM EDT, gusty showers were located along a line extending from near Black River to near Au Sable Point to 10 nm northeast of Pinconning, moving southeast at 30 knots. These showers have the history of producing wind gusts in excess of 34 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Tawas Bay, Black River, East Tawas, Greenbush, Sturgeon Point, Central Lake Huron Buoy, Au Sable Point, Harrisville, Oscoda, and Tawas Point.
What the agency told people to do
Seek safe shelter, mariners can expect gusty winds and increasing waves.
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