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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1117 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2026
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...
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE...
MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI...
POINT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT MI...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.
* AT 1114 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL WAS LOCATED 17 NM SOUTHEAST OF WHITEFISH POINT, MOVING EAST
AT 40 KNOTS. THIS STORM MAY SPLIT INTO TWO SEPARATE STORMS OVER
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, BOTH OF WHICH WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND WATERSPOUTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, AND LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD
RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARCADIA, SLEEPING BEAR POINT, EMPIRE, POINT BETSIE, PIERPORT, GLEN
ARBOR, PORTAGE LAKE, WILLIAMSPORT, AND FRANKFORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4444 8687 4489 8668 4500 8607 4492 8604
4490 8601 4490 8598 4487 8597 4485 8602
4474 8603 4467 8619 4456 8616 4441 8619
4424 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 284DEG 40KT 4471 8686
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...>2.0IN
WIND...40KTS
FEF
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