Alert archive / Michigan / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at Apr 6, 2012, 4:12 PM EDT for 22 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 7, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 6, 2012, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- 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 20:09 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, 8.2 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
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501 WWUS73 KAPX 062012 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 412 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...HARD FREEZE AGAIN TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY BUILD...ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS PATTERN HAS YIELDED CHILLY TEMPERATURES AS IT HAS MOVED OVER THE REGION. THE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER 20S AGAIN WITH SOME LOCATIONS DIPPING INTO THE TEENS. MIZ016>036-041-042-070415- /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0007.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ 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 412 PM EDT FRI APR 6 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 INTO THE LOWER 20S ALONG THE GREAT LAKES COASTLINE...AND INTO THE TEENS OVER INTERIOR AREAS. * COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER HARD FREEZE FRIDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * DAMAGE TO EMERGING VEGETATION IS EXPECTED. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
717 WWUS73 KAPX 070202 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1002 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...HARD FREEZE AGAIN TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY BUILD...ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS PATTERN HAS YIELDED CHILLY TEMPERATURES AS IT HAS MOVED OVER THE REGION. THE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER 20S AGAIN WITH SOME LOCATIONS DIPPING INTO THE TEENS. MIZ016>036-041-042-071015- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0007.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1002 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S ALONG THE GREAT LAKES COASTLINE...AND INTO THE TEENS OVER INTERIOR AREAS. * COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER HARD FREEZE TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * DAMAGE TO EMERGING VEGETATION IS EXPECTED. MOST VULNERABLE WILL BE FRUIT TREES ON WHICH BLOSSOMS HAVE FORMED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
541 WWUS73 KAPX 070709 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 309 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...HARD FREEZE OVERNIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE...NEARLY OVERHEAD WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES THROUGH EARLY MORNING TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE. MIZ016>036-041-042-071400- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120407T1400Z/ 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 309 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S ALONG THE GREAT LAKES COASTLINE...AND INTO THE TEENS OVER INTERIOR AREAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE. IMPACTS... * DAMAGE TO EMERGING VEGETATION IS EXPECTED. 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
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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.