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Small Craft Advisory 69, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 18, 2026

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this small craft advisory at Aug 18, 2026, 1:05 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2026, 1:05 PM EDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Aug 18, 6:44 AM EDT, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 6:44 AM EDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa45 min
Aug 18, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX113 min
Aug 18, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCharlevoix32 min
Aug 18, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Aug 18, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX44 min
Aug 18, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac31 min
Aug 18, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXEmmet44 min
Aug 18, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXBenzie39 min
Aug 18, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa44 min
Aug 18, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCheboygan41 min
Aug 18, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie37 min

Nearby

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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.