Alert archive / Michigan / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 10, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at May 9, 2021, 1:59 PM EDT for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 10, 2021, 12:00 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
- May 9, 2021, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
All 23 counties
Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix 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), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
285 WWUS73 KAPX 091759 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 159 PM EDT Sun May 9 2021 MIZ016>018-020>036-041-042-098-099-101200- /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0010.210510T0400Z-210510T1200Z/ Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Antrim-Otsego-Montmorency- Alpena-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Crawford-Oscoda-Alcona- Manistee-Wexford-Missaukee-Roscommon-Ogemaw-Iosco-Gladwin-Arenac- Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Petoskey, Cheboygan, Rogers City, Northport, Mancelona, Gaylord, Atlanta, Alpena, Frankfort, Traverse City, Kalkaska, Grayling, Mio, Harrisville, Manistee, Cadillac, Lake City, Houghton Lake, West Branch, Tawas City, Gladwin, Standish, St. James, and Charlevoix 159 PM EDT Sun May 9 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected again tonight. * WHERE...Northern Lower Michigan. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. && $$
2 follow-up statements
180 WWUS73 KAPX 100139 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 939 PM EDT Sun May 9 2021 MIZ016>018-020>036-041-042-098-099-100945- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0010.210510T0400Z-210510T1200Z/ Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Antrim-Otsego-Montmorency- Alpena-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Crawford-Oscoda-Alcona- Manistee-Wexford-Missaukee-Roscommon-Ogemaw-Iosco-Gladwin-Arenac- Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Petoskey, Cheboygan, Rogers City, Northport, Mancelona, Gaylord, Atlanta, Alpena, Frankfort, Traverse City, Kalkaska, Grayling, Mio, Harrisville, Manistee, Cadillac, Lake City, Houghton Lake, West Branch, Tawas City, Gladwin, Standish, St. James, and Charlevoix 939 PM EDT Sun May 9 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected again tonight. * WHERE...Northern Lower Michigan. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. && $$
299 WWUS73 KAPX 100750 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 350 AM EDT Mon May 10 2021 MIZ016>018-020>036-041-042-098-099-101200- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210510T1200Z/ Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Antrim-Otsego-Montmorency- Alpena-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Crawford-Oscoda-Alcona- Manistee-Wexford-Missaukee-Roscommon-Ogemaw-Iosco-Gladwin-Arenac- Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Petoskey, Cheboygan, Rogers City, Northport, Mancelona, Gaylord, Atlanta, Alpena, Frankfort, Traverse City, Kalkaska, Grayling, Mio, Harrisville, Manistee, Cadillac, Lake City, Houghton Lake, West Branch, Tawas City, Gladwin, Standish, St. James, and Charlevoix 350 AM EDT Mon May 10 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s. * WHERE...Portions of Northern Lower Michigan. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions may kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
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.