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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Gaylord, MI

March 31, 2026Manistee County, Wexford County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2026, 1:15 AM EDT for Manistee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2026, 1:15 AM EDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2026, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Manistee County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 31, 1:23 AM EDT	HAIL 1	Mesick, MI	Images shared via social media.
Mar 31, 1:27 AM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Mesick, MI	Social media report with picture of 1.5 in. to 2 in. hail in Mesick. Time estimated via radar.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

135 
WUUS53 KAPX 310515
SVRAPX
MIC101-165-310545-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0008.260331T0515Z-260331T0545Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Wexford County in northern Michigan...
  Northeastern Manistee County in northern Michigan...

* Until 145 AM EDT.

* At 115 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mesick, or 8
  miles southeast of Thompsonville, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Sherman, Mesick, Harrietta, and Yuma around 120 AM EDT.
  Boon and Meauwataka around 125 AM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4448 8592 4446 8540 4424 8550 4439 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 281DEG 40KT 4441 8584 

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

$$

JLD

1 follow-up statement

835 
WWUS53 KAPX 310526
SVSAPX

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

MIC101-310535-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260331T0545Z/
Manistee MI-
126 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MANISTEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

&&

LAT...LON 4446 8582 4447 8563 4447 8557 4445 8541
      4424 8550 4433 8580 4434 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 284DEG 39KT 4438 8570 

$$

MIC165-310545-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260331T0545Z/
Wexford MI-
126 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WEXFORD COUNTY...

At 125 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mesick, or 15
miles southeast of Thompsonville, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage 
         to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

This severe storm will be near...
  Boon, Harrietta, and Meauwataka around 130 AM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4446 8582 4447 8563 4447 8557 4445 8541
      4424 8550 4433 8580 4434 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 284DEG 39KT 4438 8570 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

JLD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Kalkaska	27 min
Mar 30, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Gladwin	27 min
Mar 30, 11:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Grand Traverse	26 min
Mar 30, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Roscommon	36 min
Mar 30, 11:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Arenac, Gladwin	13 min
Mar 30, 11:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Antrim, Crawford, Kalkaska	38 min
Mar 31, 12:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Missaukee, Wexford	15 min
Mar 31, 12:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Arenac	15 min
Mar 31, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		42 min
Mar 31, 12:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Montmorency	44 min
Mar 31, 12:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Missaukee, Roscommon	39 min
Mar 31, 12:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Manistee	35 min
Mar 31, 1:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		23 min
Mar 31, 1:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		66 min
Mar 31, 1:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Missaukee, Wexford	32 min
Mar 31, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Manistee	26 min
Mar 31, 2:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Wexford	30 min
Mar 31, 2:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Missaukee, Roscommon	30 min
Mar 31, 2:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Manistee	24 min
Mar 31, 3:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw, Roscommon	29 min
Mar 31, 3:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Gladwin	40 min
Mar 31, 11:01 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		5 hr
Mar 31, 11:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Wexford	77 min
Mar 31, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Kalkaska, Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford	95 min
Mar 31, 3:40 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	APX	Alpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac and 3 more	22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.