Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 2:25PM EDT until May 18 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 11:25am
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 12:30pm
Description:
SVRAPX
The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Presque Isle County in northern Michigan...
Southeastern Cheboygan County in northern Michigan...
* Until 330 PM EDT.
* At 224 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vanderbilt,
or 11 miles north of Gaylord, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Wolverine and Afton around 230 PM EDT.
Onaway, Koehler Township, Tower, and Allis Township around 240 PM
EDT.
Onaway State Park around 245 PM EDT.
Ocqueoc and Black Lake around 250 PM EDT.
Millersburg and Huron Beach around 255 PM EDT.
P H Hoeft State Park and Forty Mile Point around 305 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Pigeon
River State Forest and Moltke Township.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If on or near any inland lakes or rivers across Cheboygan and
Presque Isle counties, get away from the water and move indoors or
inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
Area Description:
Cheboygan, MI; Presque Isle, MI
Forcast Office:
NWS Gaylord MI
Sender: