NWS Gaylord MIMA.W 0105October 7, 2026
Special Marine Warning: St Ignace to False Detour Channel and Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt to the US/Canadian border beyond 5 NM from shore
The National Weather Service office in Gaylord issued a special marine warning for St Ignace to False Detour Channel and Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt to the US/Canadian border beyond 5 NM from shore, which was in force until 6:15 p.m. local time on October 7. It was the 105th special marine warning the NWS office in Gaylord issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 39 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Gaylord MI
- Area
- St Ignace to False Detour Channel and Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt to the US/Canadian border beyond 5 NM from shore
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:36 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2026
- Expires
- 6:15 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAPX MA.W 0105
- 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 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt to the US/Canadian border beyond 5 NM from shore... St Ignace to False Detour Channel... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 536 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Beaver Tail Point, moving southeast 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. * The severe thunderstorm 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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