Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 2:20PM EDT until May 18 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 11:20am
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 12:15pm
Description:
SVRAPX
The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Otsego County in northern Michigan...
Northern Crawford County in northern Michigan...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 219 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Darragh, or 7
miles southeast of Mancelona, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Frederic and Waters around 225 PM EDT.
Gaylord and Otsego Lake State Park around 230 PM EDT.
Sparr, Chester Township, and Johannesburg around 240 PM EDT.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If on or near inland lakes across Otsego and northern Crawford
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:
Crawford, MI; Otsego, MI
Forcast Office:
NWS Gaylord MI
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov