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Tornado Warning — Delta, MI — Jul 20, 2026

NWS MQT · ETN 5 · National Weather Service warning
Tornado Warning for Delta — radar, warned-area polygon and storm motion
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office MQT issued a tornado warning at 22:37 UTC on Jul 20, 2026 covering Delta, MI; Marquette, MI; Menominee, MI. The warning was in effect for 24 minutes, ending at Jul 20, 2026 23:01 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 45.98, -87.33, moving east-southeast at about 29 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
4 SE Gourley Menominee, MI Unrated Drone footage and on ground surveys indicate the storm produced a swath of damage to mostly large white pines of approximately 1 to 3 feet in diameter. The survey team (MQT)
8 ESE Gourley Delta, MI EF1° Drone footage and on-the-ground storm surveys documented damage path through softwood trees. The storm survey team found damage consistent with an EF-1 tornado with an (MQT)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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