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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

April 25, 20216 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at Apr 25, 2021, 3:30 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 25, 2021, 8:00 PM 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 25, 2021, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 25, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2021, 3:32 AM EDT
In force
8 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 07:34 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 00:00Z, 7.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

179 
WWUS73 KAPX 250730
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
330 AM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-251800-
/O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0005.210426T0000Z-210426T1200Z/
Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix-
Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, 
Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix
330 AM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected.

* WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and 
  Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 PM this evening 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
435 
WWUS73 KAPX 251931
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
331 PM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-261000-
/O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0005.210426T0000Z-210426T1200Z/
Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix-
Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, 
Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix
331 PM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM EDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected.

* WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and 
  Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 8 AM EDT Monday.

* 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. 

&&

$$
033 
WWUS73 KAPX 260153
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
953 PM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-261000-
/O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210426T1200Z/
Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix-
Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, 
Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix
953 PM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26.

* WHERE...Leelanau, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee and 
  Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...Until 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. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$
093 
WWUS73 KAPX 260732
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
332 AM EDT Mon Apr 26 2021

MIZ020-021-025-026-031-099-260845-
/O.CAN.KAPX.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210426T1200Z/
Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Manistee-Charlevoix-
Including the cities of Northport, Mancelona, Frankfort, 
Traverse City, Manistee, and Charlevoix
332 AM EDT Mon Apr 26 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

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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.