Alert archive / New Jersey / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this red flag warning at May 22, 2006, 3:15 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at May 22, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 2 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 22, 2006, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2006, 1:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 21 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, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 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 220715 RFWPHI RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 315 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY... DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012-013-015>023-027- PAZ067>071-222300- /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0011.060522T1500Z-060522T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY- BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 315 AM EDT MON MAY 22 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 MOISTURE FROM SUNDAYS SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS DRYING RAPIDLY EARLY THIS MORNING. COOLER AND EVEN DRIER AIR HAS SWEPT INTO THE AREA FOLLOWING SUNDAYS COLD FRONT, AND ANOTHER DRY AND BREEZY DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT AT MANY LOCATIONS DURING THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS BELOW 15 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS81 KPHI 221526 RFWPHI RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1126 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY... DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012-013-015>023-027- PAZ067>071-222300- /O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060522T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY- BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 1126 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE MOISTURE FROM SUNDAYS SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS DRYING RAPIDLY EARLY THIS MORNING. COOLER AND EVEN DRIER AIR HAS SWEPT INTO THE AREA FOLLOWING SUNDAYS COLD FRONT... AND ANOTHER DRY AND BREEZY DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT AT MANY LOCATIONS DURING THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS... COMBINED WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS BELOW 15 PERCENT...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY BRUSH OR WILD FIRE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. $$
000 WWUS81 KPHI 221720 RFWPHI RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 120 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... .RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012-013-015>023-027- PAZ067>071-221830- /O.CAN.KPHI.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060522T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY- BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 120 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE AREA ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA AND SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON, THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ROBERTSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:58 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 24 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Red Flag Warnings in Maryland, 2006Red Flag Warnings in Delaware, 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.