Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/flowequation.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/flowequation.m	(revision 19293)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/flowequation.m	(revision 19294)
@@ -134,5 +134,4 @@
 		end % }}}
 		function md = checkconsistency(self,md,solution,analyses) % {{{
-
 
 			%Early return
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.m	(revision 19293)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.m	(revision 19294)
@@ -151,4 +151,5 @@
 			if ((~(any(~isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvx)) | any(~isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvy)))) & ~any(md.mask.groundedice_levelset>0)),
 				md = checkmessage(md,['model is not well posed (singular). You need at least one node with fixed velocity!']);
+				disp(sprintf('\n !!! Warning: no spc applied, model might not be well posed if no basal friction is applied, check for solution crash\n'));
 			end
 			%CHECK THAT EACH LINES CONTAINS ONLY NAN VALUES OR NO NAN VALUES
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.py	(revision 19293)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stressbalance.py	(revision 19294)
@@ -151,5 +151,5 @@
 #		if ~any((~isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvx)+~isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvy))==2),
 		if not numpy.any(numpy.logical_and(numpy.logical_not(numpy.isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvx)),numpy.logical_not(numpy.isnan(md.stressbalance.spcvy)))):
-			md.checkmessage("model is not well posed (singular). You need at least one node with fixed velocity!")
+			print "\n !!! Warning: no spc applied, model might not be well posed if no basal friction is applied, check for solution crash\n"
 		#CHECK THAT EACH LINES CONTAINS ONLY NAN VALUES OR NO NAN VALUES
 #		if any(sum(isnan(md.stressbalance.referential),2)~=0 & sum(isnan(md.stressbalance.referential),2)~=6),