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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
220 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Otsego County in northern Michigan...
  Northern Crawford County in northern Michigan...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 219 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Darragh, or 7
  miles southeast of Mancelona, moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Frederic and Waters around 225 PM EDT.
  Gaylord and Otsego Lake State Park around 230 PM EDT.
  Sparr, Chester Township, and Johannesburg around 240 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near inland lakes across Otsego and northern Crawford 
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 4465 8485 4504 8485 4520 8437 4479 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 242DEG 44KT 4482 8495 

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

$$

Dippman