Michigan Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/01/2026 09:19

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 1 at 12:19PM EDT until July 1 at 1:15PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 1, 2026 - 9:19am
Expires: 
July 1, 2026 - 10:15am
Description: 
SVRAPX The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Cheboygan County in northern Michigan... Otsego County in northern Michigan... East central Antrim County in northern Michigan... Crawford County in northern Michigan... Eastern Kalkaska County in northern Michigan... Western Montmorency County in northern Michigan... Southeastern Charlevoix County in northern Michigan... Western Oscoda County in northern Michigan... * Until 115 PM EDT. * At 1218 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Boyne Falls to 8 miles south of Alba to Sharon, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Law enforcement. Wind damage and power outages has been reported across various portions of northern lower Michigan. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Gaylord, Elmira, Frederic, Boyne Falls, Otsego Lake State Park, and Waters around 1225 PM EDT. Grayling, Vanderbilt, and Hartwick Pines State Park around 1230 PM EDT. Sparr around 1235 PM EDT. Lovells and Chester Township around 1240 PM EDT. Lewiston, Eastern Corwith Township, Pickerel Lake, and Johannesburg around 1245 PM EDT. Hetherton around 1250 PM EDT. South Branch Township and Garland around 1255 PM EDT. Briley Township and Red Oak around 100 PM EDT.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on the water, 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: 
Antrim, MI; Charlevoix, MI; Cheboygan, MI; Crawford, MI; Kalkaska, MI; Montmorency, MI; Oscoda, MI; Otsego, MI
Forcast Office: 
NWS Gaylord MI