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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
248 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

MIC031-141-181930-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-260518T1930Z/
Presque Isle MI-Cheboygan MI-
248 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN PRESQUE ISLE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...

At 247 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pickerel Lake,
or 15 miles southwest of Onaway, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Afton around 250 PM EDT.
  Onaway, Tower, and Allis Township around 255 PM EDT.
  Onaway State Park around 305 PM EDT.
  Ocqueoc and Black Lake around 310 PM EDT.
  Huron Beach around 315 PM EDT.
  Forty Mile Point around 330 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Pigeon
River State Forest and Moltke Township.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near any inland lakes or rivers across southeastern 
Cheboygan and northwestern Presque Isle 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4520 8425 4520 8456 4564 8418 4550 8407
      4550 8391 4545 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 218DEG 36KT 4520 8445 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Dippman