Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/mask.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/mask.m	(revision 19606)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/mask.m	(revision 19607)
@@ -56,5 +56,10 @@
 			icefront=sum(md.mask.ice_levelset(md.mesh.elements)==0,2);
 			if (max(icefront)==3 & strcmp(elementtype(md.mesh),'Tria')) | (max(icefront==6) & strcmp(elementtype(md.mesh),'Penta')),
-				error('At least one element has all nodes on ice front, change md.mask.ice_levelset to fix it')
+				if strcmp(elementtype(md.mesh),'Tria'),
+					numberemptyelements=length(find(icefront==3));
+				elseif strcmp(elementtype(md.mesh),'Penta')
+					numberemptyelements=length(find(icefront==6));
+				end
+				error([' ' num2str(numberemptyelements) ' have all nodes on ice front, change md.mask.ice_levelset to fix it'])
 			end
 		end % }}}