{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.7325e5aba4074e8ed72a5abef89bd219623e1708.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Freeze Watch issued May 19 at 2:00PM EDT until May 21 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-19","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.7325e5aba4074e8ed72a5abef89bd219623e1708.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Gaylord MI"},"word_count":122,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Freeze Watch: Freeze Watch issued May 19 at 2:00PM EDT until May 21 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Emmet; Cheboygan; Presque Isle; Leelanau; Antrim; Otsego; Montmorency; Alpena; Benzie; Grand Traverse; Kalkaska; Crawford; Oscoda; Alcona; Manistee; Wexford; Missaukee; Roscommon; Ogemaw; Iosco; Gladwin; Arenac; Charlevoix\n**Issued by:** NWS Gaylord MI\n**Sent:** 2026-05-19T14:00:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-19T14:00:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-20T18:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\n* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible.\n\n* WHERE...Most of Northern Lower Michigan.\n\n* WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning.\n\n* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could damage or kill crops\nand other sensitive vegetation.\n\n* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Temperatures may be closer to the mid 30s\nnear the Lake Michigan and Huron shorelines.\n\n## Instructions\nTake steps now to protect tender plants from the cold."}