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Fire Weather Watch 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 5, 20175 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this fire weather watch at May 5, 2017, 2:31 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 6, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2017, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 6, 2017, 4:40 AM EDT
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 18:30 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 May 5, 10:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 10:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie33 min
May 5, 3:57 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia16 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.