Alert archive / Michigan / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at Mar 28, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT for 19 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 29, 2012, 12:00 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
- Mar 28, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 4:04 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279 WWUS73 KAPX 281959 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 359 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...HARD FREEZE TONIGHT... .COLDER AIR WILL ENTER NORTHERN MICHIGAN TONIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS AND CANADA...BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS AWAY FROM THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE. MIZ016>019-021>024-026>030-032>036-041-042-290400- /O.UPG.KAPX.FZ.A.0002.120329T0400Z-120329T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0003.120329T0400Z-120329T1300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE... CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY... GLADWIN...STANDISH 359 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES ALONG THE COASTS...AND INTO THE 20S OVER INLAND AREAS. IMPACTS... * DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO EMERGING VEGETATION. MOST VULNERABLE WILL BE FRUIT TREES ON WHICH BLOSSOMS HAVE FORMED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
859 WWUS73 KAPX 290229 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1029 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...AREAS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT... .COLDER AIR WILL ENTER NORTHERN MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S IN MANY PARTS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER READINGS CLOSER TO THE GREAT LAKES COASTLINE. THESE TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO VULNERABLE AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. MIZ016>019-021>024-026>030-032>036-041-042-291030- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0003.120329T0400Z-120329T1300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE... CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY... GLADWIN...STANDISH 1029 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S ALONG THE GREAT LAKES COASTLINE...AND INTO THE UPPER 20S OVER INTERIOR AREAS. * THE MAIN TIME FRAME OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM 3 AM THROUGH 8 AM. IMPACTS... * DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO EMERGING VEGETATION. MOST VULNERABLE WILL BE FRUIT TREES ON WHICH BLOSSOMS HAVE FORMED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ JK
542 WWUS73 KAPX 290804 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 404 AM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 MIZ016>019-021>024-026>030-032>036-041-042-290915- /O.CAN.KAPX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120329T1300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE... CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY... GLADWIN...STANDISH 404 AM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. $$ JZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:58 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Cheboygan, Crawford and 13 more | 12 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.