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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 28, 20266 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this freeze warning at Jan 28, 2026, 12:08 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 29, 2026, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 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 28, 2026, 12:08 AM EST (05:08 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2026, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 29, 2026, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 9 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 05:09 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 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 freeze warning went out at Jan 27, 6:28 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 6:28 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 28, 12:08 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola and 3 more	33 hr
Jan 28, 12:08 AM EST	Frost Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Volusia	33 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.