908  
WHUS53 KAPX 310524  
SMWAPX  
LMZ346-366-310630-  
/O.NEW.KAPX.MA.W.0003.260331T0524Z-260331T0630Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
124 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5NM OFFSHORE TO MID  
LAKE...  
MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI...  
 
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 123 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 21 NM WEST OF POINT BETSIE TO 19 NM WEST OF BIG  
SABLE POINT LIGHT, MOVING EAST AT 35 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...  
PORTAGE LAKE, WILLIAMSPORT, MANISTEE, ARCADIA, FRANKFORT, AND  
PIERPORT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4473 8676 4468 8616 4467 8619 4456 8616  
4441 8619 4422 8630 4422 8635 4426 8634  
4428 8642 4422 8697  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 270DEG 46KT 4457 8673 4398 8695  
 
HAIL...>.75IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
JLD  
 
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