700  
WWUS83 KMQT 180045  
SPSMQT  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI  
845 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
MIZ002-009-010-084-180130-  
ONTONAGON MI-GOGEBIC MI-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON MI-IRON MI-  
845 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN IRON
 
SOUTHEASTERN  
GOGEBIC...SOUTHWESTERN HOUGHTON AND SOUTHEASTERN ONTONAGON COUNTIES  
THROUGH 930 PM EDT/830 PM CDT/...  
 
AT 845 PM EDT/745 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG  
THUNDERSTORM NEAR WATERSMEET, OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRON RIVER,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WATERSMEET, KENTON, PAINT LAKE, TAMARACK LAKE, LAND O LAKES, GIBBS  
CITY, AND GOLDEN LAKE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4652 8895 4628 8850 4607 8893 4614 8909  
4616 8923 4618 8931  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 224DEG 32KT 4626 8904  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
TDUD  
 
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