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Fire Weather Watch 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 29, 20125 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this fire weather watch at Jan 29, 2012, 2:15 PM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 30, 2012, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2012, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2012, 3:15 AM 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 19:17 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 Jan 29, 2:05 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 2:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:30 AM EST, 9 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 3:54 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		30 hr

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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.