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Freeze Watch 1, NWS Miami, FL

January 2, 20125 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this freeze watch at Jan 2, 2012, 4:09 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 3, 2012, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2012, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2012, 11:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 3, 2012, 4:53 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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 watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze watch went out at Jan 1, 6:34 PM EST, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 6:34 PM EST, 9 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 3:30 AM ESTRed Flag WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach39 hr
Jan 2, 4:09 AM ESTHard Freeze WatchMFLGlades, Hendry34 hr
Jan 2, 4:10 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more29 hr
Jan 2, 6:57 PM ESTGale WarningMFL21 hr
Jan 2, 6:57 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL27 hr
Jan 2, 6:57 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL27 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Florida, 2012Every freeze watch in 2012

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.