Alert archive / New Jersey / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this red flag warning at May 1, 2006, 3:30 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at May 1, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- May 1, 2006, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 31 counties
Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS81 KPHI 010730 RFWPHI RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 330 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY... DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ008>010-012-013-015>023-027- PAZ067>071-011530- /O.UPG.KPHI.FW.A.0008.060501T1500Z-060501T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0010.060501T1500Z-060501T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- 330 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER DRY AND BREEZY DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AT SOME LOCATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON, AS DRY AIR MIXES DOWN FROM SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OFF THE SURFACE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MILES AN HOUR, AND EVEN TO 30 MILES AN HOUR OVER EASTERN SECTIONS WHICH ARE CLOSER TO DELAWARE BAY AND THE OCEAN. THESE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH VERY LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY BRUSH OR WILD FIRE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. $$ NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-011530- /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0010.060501T1500Z-060501T2300Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- 330 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. ANOTHER DRY AND BREEZY DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AT SOME LOCATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON, AS DRY AIR MIXES DOWN FROM SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OFF THE SURFACE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH VERY LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY BRUSH OR WILD FIRE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS81 KPHI 011443 RFWPHI RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1043 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY... DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023- 027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-012300- /O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0010.060501T1500Z-060501T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 1043 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. ANOTHER DRY AND BREEZY DAY IS OCCURRING TODAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AT SOME LOCATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS DRY AIR MIXES DOWN FROM SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OFF THE SURFACE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH. GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN SECTIONS WHICH ARE CLOSER TO DELAWARE BAY AND THE OCEAN. THESE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS TO FAVOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY BRUSH OR WILD FIRE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. $$ /MPD
000 WWUS81 KPHI 012249 RFWPHI RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 649 PM EDT MON MAY 1 2006 DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023- 027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-020000- /O.EXP.KPHI.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060501T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 649 PM EDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... WITH THE GUSTY WINDS SUBSIDING AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SOON TO RECOVER, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALLOW THE THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT. $$ KRUZDLO
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Red Flag Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2006Red Flag Warnings in Maryland, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.