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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 7, 20085 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this fire weather watch at Mar 7, 2008, 4:37 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 8, 2008, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2008, 4:37 AM EST (09:37 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 7, 2008, 2:13 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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 fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Mar 7, 2:45 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 2:45 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 4:53 AM EST, 23 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
453 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-062100-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
453 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
ALONG WITH SHOWERS...A FEW STORMS WIL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH IS FORECAST TO LIFT
NORTHWARD FROM SOUTH FLORIDA LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. STORMS MAY
PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
GUSTY WINDS AS THEY PASS. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A STORM.

...WATERSPOUT IMPACT...
WEAK WINDS WITH SOME ENHANCED TURNING NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE AN ISOLATED WATERSPOUT. THE CONCERN
WILL BE GREATEST OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS EARLY TODAY...THEN LIFTING
NORTH WITH THE BOUNDARY INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST DAYTIME FRIDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR A SQUALL LINE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PENINSULA FRIDAY NIGHT AHEAD
OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ON SATURDAY.

INCREASING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL ALSO RESULT IN
DETERIORATING BOATING CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

DRIER CONDITIONS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING AN INCREASED FIRE
CONCERN OVER THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

GLITTO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 2:14 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 3:35 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBOrange25 min
Mar 7, 4:23 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia14 hr
Mar 7, 2:13 PM ESTFire Weather WatchMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia37 hr
Mar 7, 2:13 PM ESTRed Flag WarningMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia28 hr
Mar 7, 3:14 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB91 min
Mar 7, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia50 min
Mar 7, 3:55 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia20 min
Mar 7, 4:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSeminole, Volusia57 min
Mar 7, 4:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB97 min

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.