Alert archive / Michigan / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at May 7, 2021, 3:06 PM EDT for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 8, 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 7, 2021, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 8, 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 19:07 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, 7.1 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
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
350 WWUS73 KAPX 071906 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 306 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021 MIZ016>018-020>036-041-042-098-099-080315- /O.NEW.KAPX.FZ.W.0008.210508T0400Z-210508T1200Z/ 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 306 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Widespread sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s and lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Northern Lower Michigan. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Saturday. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
677 WWUS73 KAPX 080211 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1011 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021 MIZ016>018-020>036-041-042-098-099-081015- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0008.210508T0400Z-210508T1200Z/ Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Antrim-Otsego-Montmorency- Alpena-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Crawford-Oscoda-Alcona- Manistee-Wexford-Missaukee-Roscommon-Ogemaw-Iosco-Gladwin-Arenac- Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix- Including the cities of Petoskey, Cheboygan, Rogers City, Northport, Mancelona, Gaylord, Atlanta, Alpena, Frankfort, Traverse City, Kalkaska, Grayling, Mio, Harrisville, Manistee, Cadillac, Lake City, Houghton Lake, West Branch, Tawas City, Gladwin, Standish, St. James, and Charlevoix 1011 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Widespread sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s and lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Northern Lower Michigan. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. && $$
442 WWUS73 KAPX 080747 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 347 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021 MIZ016>018-020>036-041-042-098-099-081200- /O.CON.KAPX.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210508T1200Z/ 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 347 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s. * WHERE...Northern Lower Michigan. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions can kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
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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.