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Freeze Warning 14, NWS Melbourne, FL

December 6, 20106 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this freeze warning at Dec 6, 2010, 4:16 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 7, 2010, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 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
Dec 6, 2010, 4:16 AM EST (09:16 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2010, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 7, 2010, 9:00 AM EST
In force
6 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 09:20 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 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 Dec 6, 4:03 AM EST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 4:03 AM EST, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 4:56 AM EST, 23 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
456 AM EST SUN DEC 5 2010

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-052200-
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-
456 AM EST SUN DEC 5 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE LOWS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 30S OVER VOLUSIA COUNTY AND INTO THE INTERIOR
TONIGHT. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS THE UPPER 20S TO
LOW 30S OVER THIS AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
A LINGERING LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS TODAY. CHECK WITH LIFEGUARDS ABOUT OCEAN DANGERS
BEFORE ENTERING INTO THE CHILLY SURF.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS
THIS MORNING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WEST WINDS WILL
EXIST UP TO 20 KNOTS NEARSHORE AND UP TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS OFFSHORE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS...
NORTH OF THE CAPE.

AS THE FRONT PASSES WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST WITH SPEEDS
DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS NEARSHORE AND AROUND 20 KNOTS
OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY THIS UPCOMING WEEK...

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT COLDER AIR DOWN THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. COMPUTER MODELS
ARE PERSISTENT IN SHOWING NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES
OVER THE AREA BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. COLDEST
TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS THE UPPER 20S OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR.

THOSE WITH COLD SENSITIVE VEGETATION SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER
STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS FREEZE EVENT.

IN ADDITION TO THESE COLDER TEMPERATURES...DRIER AIR WILL FILTER
INTO THE AREA AND PRODUCE AN ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER THREAT OVER
MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HAZARDOUS
BOATING CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PERSIST INTO MID WEEK OVER THE
OFFSHORE WATERS DUE TO ELEVATED NORTHWEST WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

WEITLICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 4:16 AM ESTFreeze WatchMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia24 hr
Dec 6, 4:39 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB38 hr
Dec 6, 2:41 PM ESTFire Weather WatchMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia37 hr
Dec 6, 2:41 PM ESTRed Flag WarningMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia27 hr
Dec 6, 3:15 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia18 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2010Every freeze warning in 2010

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.