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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 17, 20214 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this freeze warning at Apr 17, 2021, 11:03 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 18, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 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 17, 2021, 11:03 AM EDT (15:03 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-17Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

136 
WWUS73 KGRR 171503
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
1103 AM EDT Sat Apr 17 2021

MIZ037-038-043-044-172315-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FZ.W.0001.210418T0600Z-210418T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Oceana-Newaygo-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Hart, and Fremont
1103 AM EDT Sat Apr 17 2021

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

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the mid to upper 20s 
  expected.

* WHERE...Mason, Lake, Oceana and Newaygo counties.

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

* IMPACTS...Damage may occur to budding fruit trees and other
  sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps to protect tender vegetation from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr
3 follow-up statements
825 
WWUS73 KGRR 171943
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
343 PM EDT Sat Apr 17 2021

MIZ037-038-043-044-180345-
/O.CON.KGRR.FZ.W.0001.210418T0600Z-210418T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Oceana-Newaygo-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Hart, and Fremont
343 PM EDT Sat Apr 17 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the mid to upper 20s 
  expected.

* WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Newaygo and Lake counties.

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

* IMPACTS...Damage may occur to budding fruit trees and other 
  sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps to protect sensitive vegetation from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr
794 
WWUS73 KGRR 180315
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
1115 PM EDT Sat Apr 17 2021

MIZ037-038-043-044-181115-
/O.CON.KGRR.FZ.W.0001.210418T0600Z-210418T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Oceana-Newaygo-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Hart, and Fremont
1115 PM EDT Sat Apr 17 2021

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

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the mid to upper 20s.

* WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Newaygo and Lake counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Sunday.

* 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr
988 
WWUS73 KGRR 180819
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
419 AM EDT Sun Apr 18 2021

MIZ037-038-043-044-181200-
/O.CON.KGRR.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210418T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Oceana-Newaygo-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Hart, and Fremont
419 AM EDT Sun Apr 18 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from the mid 20s to near 30.

* WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Newaygo and Lake counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freezing temperatures may kill or damage
  sensitive vegetation, and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Warmer temperatures are expected Sunday
  night, before nighttime temperatures again fall near or below
  freezing Monday night through Wednesday night.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr

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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.