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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 21, 2026Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2026, 1:05 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2026, 1:05 PM EDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2026, 1:32 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Arenac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 21, 6:30 AM EDT, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 6:30 AM EDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:16 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:08 AM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:11 AM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 12:34 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		88 min
Jul 20, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		2 hr
Jul 20, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Charlevoix	38 min
Jul 20, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		100 min
Jul 20, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		96 min
Jul 20, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Grand Traverse, Leelanau	47 min
Jul 20, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Grand Traverse, Leelanau	49 min
Jul 20, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Antrim, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska	51 min
Jul 20, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		63 min
Jul 20, 11:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	APX	Leelanau	4 hr
Jul 20, 11:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		57 min
Jul 20, 11:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Crawford, Kalkaska	48 min
Jul 21, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Montmorency	32 min
Jul 21, 12:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	APX	Grand Traverse	4 hr
Jul 21, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Wexford	37 min
Jul 21, 2:20 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	APX	Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet and 3 more	42 hr
Jul 21, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Arenac	71 min
Jul 21, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		111 min
Jul 21, 5:46 PM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		6 hr
Jul 21, 5:46 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.