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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

April 29, 202613 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this freeze warning at Apr 29, 2026, 1:39 PM EDT for 13 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 30, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 29, 2026, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency 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), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Apr 29, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 2:05 AM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 1:39 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	APX	Alcona, Alpena, Grand Traverse, Ogemaw	19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.