Alert archive / Michigan / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at Mar 30, 2012, 3:33 PM EDT for 22 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 31, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 113 min. 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 30, 2012, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 3:53 AM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
All 22 counties
Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787 WWUS73 KAPX 301933 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 333 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS...COMBINED WITH A COOL CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TO MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO EMERGING VEGETATION THAT RESULTED FROM THE WARM SPELL EARLIER THIS MONTH. MIZ016>036-041-042-310345- /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0004.120331T0600Z-120331T1400Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 333 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 30 ALONG THE GREAT LAKES COASTLINE...AND INTO THE MID TO 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. && $$ ARNOTT
2 follow-up statements
676 WWUS73 KAPX 310235 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1035 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS... COMBINED WITH A COOL CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TO MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO EMERGING VEGETATION THAT RESULTED FROM THE WARM SPELL EARLIER THIS MONTH. MIZ016>036-041-042-311000- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0004.120331T0600Z-120331T1400Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1035 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 30 ALONG THE GREAT LAKES COASTLINE...AND INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S OVER INTERIOR AREAS. IMPACTS... * DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO EMERGING VEGETATION. MOST VULNERABLE WILL BE FRUIT TREES ON WHICH BLOSSOMS HAVE FORMED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ADAM
045 WWUS73 KAPX 310753 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 353 AM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012 MIZ016>036-041-042-310900- /O.CAN.KAPX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120331T1400Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 353 AM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. $$ JZ
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.