Alert archive / Michigan / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at Apr 21, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 21, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 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 21, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2021, 9:21 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 19:03 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, 7.0 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
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
277 WWUS73 KAPX 211900 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 300 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-220300- /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0004.210422T0000Z-210422T1500Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix 300 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 23 expected. * WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 11 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
3 follow-up statements
796 WWUS73 KAPX 220201 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1001 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-221200- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210422T1500Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix 1001 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 23 expected. * WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 11 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$ JZ
822 WWUS73 KAPX 220716 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 316 AM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021 MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-221500- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210422T1500Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix 316 AM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 23. * WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties. * WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT this morning. * 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. && $$
910 WWUS73 KAPX 221321 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 921 AM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021 MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-221430- /O.CAN.KAPX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210422T1500Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix 921 AM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... Temperatures have warmed to above freezing at most locations this morning. Therefore the freeze warning is cancelled. $$
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.