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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Detroit, MI

May 10, 20216 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this frost advisory at May 10, 2021, 2:23 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 11, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2021, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
In effect from
May 11, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 11, 2021, 7:33 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Lenawee County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-10Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

092 
WWUS73 KDTX 101823
NPWDTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
223 PM EDT Mon May 10 2021

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068-111200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.FZ.W.0003.210511T0600Z-210511T1200Z/
Midland-Bay-Huron-Saginaw-Tuscola-Sanilac-Shiawassee-Genesee-
Lapeer-St. Clair-Livingston-
Including the cities of Midland, Bay City, Bad Axe, Saginaw, 
Caro, Sandusky, Owosso, Flint, Lapeer, Port Huron, and Howell
223 PM EDT Mon May 10 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees expected.

* WHERE...Portions of southeast Michigan.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions may kill crops and other
  sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. 

&&

$$

MIZ069-070-075-076-082-083-111200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.FR.Y.0003.210511T0600Z-210511T1200Z/
Oakland-Macomb-Washtenaw-Wayne-Lenawee-Monroe-
Including the cities of Pontiac, Warren, Ann Arbor, Detroit, 
Adrian, and Monroe
223 PM EDT Mon May 10 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 degrees will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Wayne, Lenawee and Monroe 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left
  uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
071 
WWUS73 KDTX 111133
NPWDTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
733 AM EDT Tue May 11 2021

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068-111245-
/O.CAN.KDTX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210511T1200Z/
Midland-Bay-Huron-Saginaw-Tuscola-Sanilac-Shiawassee-Genesee-
Lapeer-St. Clair-Livingston-
Including the cities of Midland, Bay City, Bad Axe, Saginaw, 
Caro, Sandusky, Owosso, Flint, Lapeer, Port Huron, and Howell
733 AM EDT Tue May 11 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...


$$

MIZ069-070-075-076-082-083-111245-
/O.CAN.KDTX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210511T1200Z/
Oakland-Macomb-Washtenaw-Wayne-Lenawee-Monroe-
Including the cities of Pontiac, Warren, Ann Arbor, Detroit, 
Adrian, and Monroe
733 AM EDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:23 PM EDTFreeze WarningDTXBay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Livingston, Midland and 5 more17 hr

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.