Alert archive / Michigan / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at Apr 20, 2021, 9:55 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 20, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 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 20, 2021, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
828 WWUS73 KAPX 201355 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 955 AM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-210000- /O.CAN.KAPX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210420T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0003.210421T0000Z-210421T1600Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix 955 AM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the lower and middle 20s expected, with isolated colder temperatures. * WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to noon EDT Wednesday. * 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. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
3 follow-up statements
456 WWUS73 KAPX 201924 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 324 PM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-210600- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0003.210421T0000Z-210421T1600Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix 324 PM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the lower and middle 20s expected, with isolated colder temperatures. * WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to noon EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation, and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
915 WWUS73 KAPX 210101 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 901 PM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-210915- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210421T1600Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix 901 PM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the lower and middle 20s expected, with isolated colder temperatures. * WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to noon EDT Wednesday. * 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. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
657 WWUS73 KAPX 210749 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 349 AM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-211600- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210421T1600Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix 349 AM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 22. * WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties. * WHEN...Until noon EDT today. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
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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.