NWS Gaylord MIMA.W 0043June 29, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI, Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI and Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake
The National Weather Service office in Gaylord issued a special marine warning for Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI, Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI and Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake, which was in force until 8:00 a.m. local time on June 29. It was the 43rd special marine warning the NWS office in Gaylord issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 41 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Gaylord MI
- Area
- Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI, Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI and Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:19 a.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 a.m. EDT, June 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAPX MA.W 0043
- 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 from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake... Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI... Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI... * Until 800 AM EDT. * At 718 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 nm west of South 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... Sleeping Bear Point, Empire, Glen Arbor, Pyramid Point, South Manitou Island, North Manitou Island, Cat Head Point, and Northport.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects.
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