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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

March 31, 2026Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2026, 12:02 AM EDT for Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2026, 12:02 AM EDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2026, 12:17 AM EDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2026-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 260 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2026-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

629 
WUUS53 KAPX 310402
SVRAPX
MIC113-165-310445-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0004.260331T0402Z-260331T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1202 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Wexford County in northern Michigan...
  Southern Missaukee County in northern Michigan...

* Until 1245 AM EDT.

* At 1201 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hoxeyville,
  or 16 miles north of Baldwin, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Hoxeyville around 1205 AM EDT.
  Cadillac and Mitchell State Park around 1215 AM EDT.
  Lucas around 1220 AM EDT.
  Mcbain around 1225 AM EDT.
  Falmouth and Vogel Center around 1235 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Merritt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4417 8582 4422 8582 4433 8492 4416 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 263DEG 42KT 4413 8576 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JLD
2 follow-up statements
917 
WWUS53 KAPX 310411
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1211 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026

MIC113-165-310445-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260331T0445Z/
Wexford MI-Missaukee MI-
1211 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEXFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTIES...

At 1211 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hoxeyville, or
10 miles southwest of Cadillac, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe storm will be near...
  Cadillac and Mitchell State Park around 1215 AM EDT.
  Lucas around 1220 AM EDT.
  Mcbain around 1225 AM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4417 8572 4422 8573 4424 8566 4430 8518
      4416 8503 4417 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 257DEG 43KT 4415 8559 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

JLD
563 
WWUS53 KAPX 310417
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1217 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026

MIC113-165-310427-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260331T0445Z/
Wexford MI-Missaukee MI-
1217 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEXFORD AND
SOUTHWESTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However, small hail and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4417 8572 4422 8573 4424 8566 4430 8518
      4416 8503 4417 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 263DEG 42KT 4416 8549 

$$

JLD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 11:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXKalkaska27 min
Mar 30, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin27 min
Mar 30, 11:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXGrand Traverse26 min
Mar 30, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXRoscommon36 min
Mar 30, 11:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin13 min
Mar 30, 11:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska38 min
Mar 31, 12:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac15 min
Mar 31, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX42 min
Mar 31, 12:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXMontmorency44 min
Mar 31, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon39 min
Mar 31, 12:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee35 min
Mar 31, 1:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX23 min
Mar 31, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee, Wexford30 min
Mar 31, 1:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Mar 31, 1:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Wexford32 min
Mar 31, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXManistee26 min
Mar 31, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Wexford30 min
Mar 31, 2:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon30 min
Mar 31, 2:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee24 min
Mar 31, 3:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw, Roscommon29 min
Mar 31, 3:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXGladwin40 min
Mar 31, 11:01 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX5 hr
Mar 31, 11:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Wexford77 min
Mar 31, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXKalkaska, Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford95 min
Mar 31, 3:40 PM EDTWinter Storm WatchAPXAlpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac and 3 more22 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.