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Freeze Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this freeze warning at Feb 25, 2010, 4:02 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 26, 2010, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2010, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2010, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2010, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718 WWUS72 KMLB 250902 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 402 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010 FLZ041-044-144-251900- /O.UPG.KMLB.FZ.A.0012.100226T0900Z-100226T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FZ.W.0013.100226T0900Z-100226T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.LW.Y.0007.100225T1200Z-100225T1900Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...CLERMONT 402 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. A COLD AIR MASS WILL EXIST OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO STEADILY DECLINE AFTER SUNSET...FALLING TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 TO 4 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. BRING PETS AND POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. CHECK ON YOUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEIR FURNACE IS WORKING. HOUSE AND APARTMENT FIRES POSE A REAL DANGER DURING FLORIDA COLD AIR OUTBREAKS. REMEMBER TO KEEP FLAMMABLE MATERIAL SUCH AS CLOTHING OR NEWSPAPERS AWAY FROM PORTABLE HEATERS. MAKE SURE THAT SMOKE DETECTORS ARE WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP. && $$ FLZ141-251900- /O.NEW.KMLB.FZ.W.0013.100226T0900Z-100226T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.LW.Y.0007.100225T1200Z-100225T1900Z/ COASTAL VOLUSIA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DAYTONA BEACH 402 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. A COLD AIR MASS WILL EXIST OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO STEADILY DECLINE AFTER SUNSET...FALLING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS TOWARDS SUNRISE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. BRING PETS AND POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. CHECK ON YOUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEIR FURNACE IS WORKING. HOUSE AND APARTMENT FIRES POSE A REAL DANGER DURING FLORIDA COLD AIR OUTBREAKS. REMEMBER TO KEEP FLAMMABLE MATERIAL SUCH AS CLOTHING OR NEWSPAPERS AWAY FROM PORTABLE HEATERS. MAKE SURE THAT SMOKE DETECTORS ARE WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP. && $$ FLZ045>047-053-054-058-059-064-147-251900- /O.NEW.KMLB.LW.Y.0007.100225T1200Z-100225T1900Z/ ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE- ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORLANDO...SANFORD...MELBOURNE... PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE... FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...TITUSVILLE 402 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. && $$ SEDLOCK
1 follow-up statement
769 WWUS72 KMLB 251907 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 207 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010 FLZ041-044-141-144-261300- /O.EXP.KMLB.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100225T1900Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FZ.W.0013.100226T0900Z-100226T1300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...DAYTONA BEACH... CLERMONT 207 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY. A COLD AIR MASS WILL EXIST OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO STEADILY DECLINE AFTER SUNSET...FALLING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS TOWARDS SUNRISE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. BRING PETS AND POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. CHECK ON YOUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEIR FURNACE IS WORKING. HOUSE AND APARTMENT FIRES POSE A REAL DANGER DURING FLORIDA COLD AIR OUTBREAKS. REMEMBER TO KEEP FLAMMABLE MATERIAL SUCH AS CLOTHING OR NEWSPAPERS AWAY FROM PORTABLE HEATERS. MAKE SURE THAT SMOKE DETECTORS ARE WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FLZ045-046-053-058-261300- /O.EXP.KMLB.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100225T1900Z/ /O.EXA.KMLB.FZ.W.0013.100226T0900Z-100226T1300Z/ ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORLANDO...SANFORD...KISSIMMEE... ST CLOUD...OKEECHOBEE 207 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FLZ047-054-059-064-147-252015- /O.EXP.KMLB.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100225T1900Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...VERO BEACH... FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...TITUSVILLE 207 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ 67
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Feb 24, 9:40 PM EST, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:40 PM EST, 6 hours 22 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
940 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010
.DISCUSSION...
...COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY...
CURRENT...LOW PRESSURE GETTING CRANKED UP EAST OF BUOY 41010 THIS
EVENING. ASCD COLD FRONT HAS PASSED WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA AND
STRONG ADVECTION OF COLD AIR WILL OCCUR THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH
BREEZY CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES. A SHIELD OF LIGHT RAIN RELEGATED
TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PENINSULA WILL SLOWLY RECEDE OVER THE
ATLANTIC WATERS DURING THE OVER NIGHT HOURS LEAVING SOME CLOUDS AND
CHILLY CONDITIONS THROUGH DAY BREAK. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 30S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY REQUIRED ADVISORIES FOR ALL
BUT THE TREASURE COAST. WL UPDATE EVENING FCST WITH MORE PERSISTENT
CLOUDS AND OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS MAINLY OVER THE SPACE AND TREASURE COAST THROUGH 07Z
THEN BECOMING VFR AREA WIDE. WINDS G25KT MAINLY AT THE IMMEDIATE
COAST THROUGH 09Z.
&&
.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL MARINE ZONES INTO SATURDAY
WITH GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY OVER THE OUTER WATERS NORTH OF
SEBATIAN INLET. OVERALL HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY
&&
.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR COASTAL
VOLUSIA-INDIAN RIVER-INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-
NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN
BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
FOR COASTAL VOLUSIA-INDIAN RIVER-INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-
NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-
SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY FOR COASTAL
VOLUSIA-INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE.
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN LAKE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20
NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20
NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR WATERS FROM
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR
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.
GALE WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
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.
&&
JPHazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 5:25 PM EST, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 525 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-251030- 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- 525 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS EVENING. SKIES WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT...ALLOWING OVERNIGHT LOWS ACROSS NORTH LAKE AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AND LOWER WIND CHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARD DAYBREAK TO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 30S WILL BE FELT AS FAR SOUTH AS OSCEOLA AND SOUTH BREVARD COUNTIES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2AM THROUGH 9AM THURSDAY MORNING. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL WATERS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS NEAR SHORE WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 20 KNOTS AND 25 TO 30 KNOTS OFFSHORE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO GALE FORCE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY BUILD AWAY FROM THE COAST NEAR SHORE 4 TO 6 FEET...AND 6 TO 8 FEET OFFSHORE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. POOR BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AS A DEVELOPING GALE CENTER LIFTS AWAY FROM THE AREA. A BRIEF WINDOW OF IMPROVED BOATING CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED FRIDAY. BUT INCREASED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. DECREASING WINDS WITH A VERY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL SET UP A POTENTIAL FREEZE ACROSS LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SOUTH OF ORLANDO AND INLAND FROM THE COAST. THERE WILL BE HEIGHTENED FIRE SENSITIVITY BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY ON THURSDAY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM MAY TRACK ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND BRING A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. BRAGAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:02 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 10 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:36 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 38 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.