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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI

April 25, 20215 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this freeze warning at Apr 25, 2021, 3:42 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 26, 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
Apr 25, 2021, 3:42 AM EDT (07:42 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Huron County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Tuscola County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Detroit, MI 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.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

488 
WWUS73 KDTX 250742
NPWDTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
342 AM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

MIZ049-054-055-062-063-261200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.FZ.W.0002.210426T0400Z-210426T1200Z/
Huron-Tuscola-Sanilac-Lapeer-St. Clair-
Including the cities of Bad Axe, Caro, Sandusky, Lapeer, 
and Port Huron
342 AM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures with lows in the upper 20s. 

* WHERE...Huron, Tuscola, Sanilac, Lapeer and St. Clair Counties.

* 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Potential for damage to tender vegetation

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. 

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
146 
WWUS73 KDTX 250744 CCA
NPWDTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
344 AM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

MIZ049-054-055-062-063-261200-
/O.COR.KDTX.FZ.W.0002.210426T0400Z-210426T1200Z/
Huron-Tuscola-Sanilac-Lapeer-St. Clair-
Including the cities of Bad Axe, Caro, Sandusky, Lapeer, 
and Port Huron
344 AM EDT Sun Apr 25 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures with lows in the upper 20s. 

* WHERE...Huron, Tuscola, Sanilac, Lapeer and St. Clair Counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Freezing 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. 

&&

$$

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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.