070  
WWUS83 KAPX 311543  
SPSAPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
1143 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
MIZ020-025-026-031-032-311700-  
LEELANAU MI-MANISTEE MI-GRAND TRAVERSE MI-BENZIE MI-WEXFORD MI-  
1143 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL LEELANAU  
 
BENZIE...WEXFORD...GRAND TRAVERSE AND MANISTEE COUNTIES THROUGH 100  
PM EDT...  
 
AT 1142 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER ARCADIA, OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT, MOVING  
EAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...  
TRAVERSE CITY, CADILLAC, MANISTEE, ELK RAPIDS, FRANKFORT,  
THOMPSONVILLE, BEULAH, ARCADIA, BINGHAM, KINGSLEY, MANTON, SHERMAN,  
BUCKLEY, BOON, EASTLAKE, BENZONIA, KALEVA, FIFE LAKE, ONEKAMA, AND  
MESICK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4425 8634 4427 8638 4437 8631 4456 8627  
4466 8631 4471 8630 4496 8539 4489 8542  
4488 8538 4483 8538 4481 8533 4417 8534  
4418 8639  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 250DEG 52KT 4450 8625  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
FEF  
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