Alert archive / Michigan / Freeze Warnings in 2016
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at May 15, 2016, 3:25 PM EDT for 14 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 16, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 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 15, 2016, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 16, 2016, 3:08 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
115 WWUS73 KAPX 151925 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 325 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-160330- /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0002.160516T0400Z-160516T1200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD... ATLANTA...ALPENA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY 325 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RATHER RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...REACHING THE LOWER 30S BY LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION AND FLOWERING PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. COVER SENSITIVE PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS TO AVOID DAMAGE. && $$ MIZ016-019-021-026-027-032-033-041-042-160330- /O.NEW.KAPX.FR.Y.0002.160516T0400Z-160516T1200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE- GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...GLADWIN... STANDISH 325 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RATHER RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...REACHING THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S BY LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION AND FLOWERING PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THESE TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. COVER SENSITIVE PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS TO AVOID DAMAGE. && $$ MSB
2 follow-up statements
492 WWUS73 KAPX 160214 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1014 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 MIZ016-019-021-027-161200- /O.UPG.KAPX.FR.Y.0002.160516T0400Z-160516T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KAPX.FZ.W.0002.160516T0400Z-160516T1200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-KALKASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA... KALKASKA 1014 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND FREEZING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION AND FLOWERING PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THESE TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-161200- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0002.160516T0400Z-160516T1200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD... ATLANTA...ALPENA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY 1014 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION AND FLOWERING PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. COVER SENSITIVE PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS TO AVOID DAMAGE. && $$ MIZ026-032-033-041-042-161200- /O.CON.KAPX.FR.Y.0002.160516T0400Z-160516T1200Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRAVERSE CITY...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY... GLADWIN...STANDISH 1014 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION AND FLOWERING PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THESE TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. COVER SENSITIVE PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS TO AVOID DAMAGE. && $$
393 WWUS73 KAPX 160708 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 308 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 MIZ016>019-021>024-027>030-034>036-160815- /O.CAN.KAPX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160516T1200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA...KALKASKA... GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY 308 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. $$ MIZ026-032-033-041-042-160815- /O.CAN.KAPX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160516T1200Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRAVERSE CITY...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY... GLADWIN...STANDISH 308 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:25 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | Antrim, Arenac, Emmet, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and 2 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.