Station Name: Thunder Bay Buoy, Alpena, MI
Station Type: Buoy
Data Source: National Data Buoy Center

Elevation Above Sea Level: 574 feet

Nearest Address:
Offshore
Alpena, MI 49707
Alpena County

GPS Coordinates: 44.988, -83.27

Nearby Water Temperatures

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 18 at 12:59PM EDT until May 18 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI

Effective: Mon May 18, 2026, 12:59 PM
Expires: Mon May 18, 2026, 8:00 PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 221 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN ALCONA ALPENA ANTRIM ARENAC BENZIE CHARLEVOIX CHEBOYGAN CRAWFORD EMMET GLADWIN GRAND TRAVERSE IOSCO KALKASKA LEELANAU MANISTEE MISSAUKEE MONTMORENCY OGEMAW OSCODA OTSEGO PRESQUE ISLE ROSCOMMON WEXFORD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGER, ALOHA, ALPENA, ALVERNO, ANTRIM, AU GRES, AU SABLE, BARKER CREEK, BEAVER ISLAND, BEAVERTON, BELLAIRE, BENZONIA, BINGHAM, BLISS, BOYNE CITY, CADILLAC, CARP LAKE, CATHRO, CHARLEVOIX, CHEBOYGAN, CLAM RIVER, CLARION, CLEAR LAKE STATE PARK, COMINS, CROSS VILLAGE, CURRAN, DARRAGH, DEVILS LAKE, EAST TAWAS, ELBERTA, ELK RAPIDS, ELMIRA, FAIRVIEW, FOUCH, FRANKFORT, FREDERIC, GAYLORD, GLADWIN, GOOD HART, GRAWN, GRAYLING, GREILICKVILLE, HAGENSVILLE, HARBOR SPRINGS, HARTWICK PINES STATE PARK, HAWKS, HETHERTON, HIGGINS LAKE, HOCKADAY, HORTON BAY, HOUGHTON LAKE, INDIAN RIVER, IRONTON, JOHANNESBURG, KALKASKA, KEWADIN, LAKE BELLAIRE, LAKE ST. HELEN, LELAND, LEWISTON, LOVELLS, LUZERNE, MACK LAKE, MANCELONA, MANISTEE, MCKINLEY, MERRITT, MIKADO, MIO, MODDERSVILLE, MOORESTOWN, MULLET LAKE, NORTHPORT, OMENA, OTSEGO LAKE STATE PARK, PESHAWBESTOWN, PLEASANT VIEW, PRESQUE ISLE, PRUDENVILLE, RAPID CITY, RED OAK, ROGERS CITY, ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT, SHARON, SID TOWN, SIGMA, SKEELS, SKIDWAY LAKE, SMITHVILLE, SPARR, ST. HELEN, STANDISH, STUTSMANVILLE, TAWAS CITY, THOMPSONVILLE, TRAVERSE CITY, TWIN LAKES AREA, WALLOON LAKE, WATERS, WEST BRANCH, WILBER, WINEGARS, WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE, AND WURTSMITH AIRFIELD.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 2:25PM EDT until May 18 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI

Effective: Mon May 18, 2026, 2:25 PM
Expires: Mon May 18, 2026, 3:30 PM

SVRAPX The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Presque Isle County in northern Michigan... Southeastern Cheboygan County in northern Michigan... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 224 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vanderbilt, or 11 miles north of Gaylord, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Wolverine and Afton around 230 PM EDT. Onaway, Koehler Township, Tower, and Allis Township around 240 PM EDT. Onaway State Park around 245 PM EDT. Ocqueoc and Black Lake around 250 PM EDT. Millersburg and Huron Beach around 255 PM EDT. P H Hoeft State Park and Forty Mile Point around 305 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Pigeon River State Forest and Moltke Township.

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 Cheboygan and 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.