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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at May 16, 2011, 4:05 PM EDT for Grand Traverse County, Manistee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It took effect at May 17, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2011, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Grand Traverse County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
249 WWUS73 KAPX 162005 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 405 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011 MIZ026-031-032-170415- /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0002.110517T0600Z-110517T1200Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 405 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING AROUND LATE TONIGHT. BY DAWN...READINGS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MIZ016-017-019>022-025-027-028-033-170415- /O.NEW.KAPX.FR.Y.0002.110517T0600Z-110517T1200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE-KALKASKA- CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...KALKASKA... GRAYLING...LAKE CITY 405 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ SMD
1 follow-up statement
228 WWUS73 KAPX 170231 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1031 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011 MIZ026-031-032-171000- /O.EXT.KAPX.FZ.W.0002.110517T0600Z-110517T1000Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 1031 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BY DAWN...READINGS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MIZ016-017-019>022-025-027-028-033-171000- /O.EXT.KAPX.FR.Y.0002.110517T0600Z-110517T1000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE-KALKASKA- CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...KALKASKA... GRAYLING...LAKE CITY 1031 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE FROST ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:05 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Kalkaska and 3 more | 14 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.