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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 16, 20136 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this freeze watch at Feb 16, 2013, 1:38 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 18, 2013, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2013, 1:38 PM EST (18:38 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2013, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2013, 3:18 PM EST
In force
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 18:40 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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze watch went out at Feb 16, 9:46 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 9:46 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 2:34 AM ESTFreeze WarningMLBLake, Volusia30 hr
Feb 16, 2:34 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia19 hr
Feb 16, 2:57 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia31 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.