Frost Advisory issued October 17 at 3:38PM EDT until October 18 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Detroit/Pontiac MI
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* WHAT...Temperatures dropping into the lower and mid 30s results in areas of frost late tonight and early Sunday morning. * WHERE...Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Sanilac, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 AM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm temperature sensitive vegetation. Outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A heavier frost is expected toward the Ohio border and outside of metro Detroit where the wind becomes calm. Southwest wind in the 5 to 15 mph range limits or prevents frost toward the Tri Cities. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- MI, US
- Severity
- Minor
- area
- Sanilac; Lapeer; St. Clair; Livingston; Oakland; Macomb; Washtenaw; Wayne; Lenawee; Monroe
- event
- Frost Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-18T03:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["MI"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-17T15:38:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.444012d10075ac4906faf6bb46540e7fa5f83c3b.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f7b4928dfd5ada2cee20ed76faa0c1fa8429af16.001.1"]
- instruction
- Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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