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Hard Freeze Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 3, 20126 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 3, 2012, 12:14 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 3, 2012, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 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
Jan 3, 2012, 12:14 PM EST (17:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2012, 11:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 4, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
In force
10 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 17:20 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 hard 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 hard freeze warning went out at Jan 3, 9:36 AM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 9:36 AM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:01 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB24 hr
Jan 3, 4:18 AM ESTFreeze WarningMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia29 hr
Jan 3, 4:18 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia11 hr
Jan 3, 12:39 PM ESTFire Weather WatchMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.