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Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 6, 20176 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this fire weather watch at Apr 6, 2017, 3:55 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 7, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2017, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2017, 6:11 PM EDT
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 07:57 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 Apr 5, 9:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 9:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 3:55 AM EDTRed Flag WarningMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia14 hr
Apr 6, 4:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake59 min
Apr 6, 5:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia42 min
Apr 6, 6:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB90 min
Apr 6, 7:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola51 min
Apr 6, 8:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee54 min
Apr 6, 9:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola66 min
Apr 6, 9:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOkeechobee53 min
Apr 6, 9:31 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOkeechobee44 min
Apr 6, 9:52 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBIndian River23 min
Apr 6, 10:13 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBIndian River32 min
Apr 6, 10:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB84 min
Apr 6, 10:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River40 min
Apr 6, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB91 min
Apr 6, 6:11 PM EDTRed Flag WarningMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia26 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.