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Freeze Watch 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 18, 2018Lake County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this freeze watch at Jan 18, 2018, 3:57 AM EST for Lake County, Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 19, 2018, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2018, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 19, 2018, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 18, 2018, 1:01 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Lake County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 Jan 17, 9:00 PM EST, 6 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 9:00 PM EST, 6 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 1:01 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryMLBOkeechobee, Osceola19 hr
Jan 18, 1:01 PM ESTFreeze WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia19 hr
Jan 18, 3:13 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB10 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Florida, 2018Every freeze watch in 2018

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.