Alert archive / New Jersey / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this red flag warning at May 6, 2007, 2:02 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at May 6, 2007, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 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 6, 2007, 2:02 AM EDT (06:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2007, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 22 counties
New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 2558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 060602 RFWPHI RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 202 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-070000- /O.UPG.KPHI.FW.A.0003.070506T1500Z-070506T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0003.070506T1000Z-070507T0000Z/ CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 202 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE USHERED INTO THE REGION ON BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION, THE SMALLER FUELS HAVE BEEN VERY DRY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY DRY TODAY. WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND PERHAPS UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY THAN THEY WERE ON SATURDAY, THE AIRMASS WILL BE EVEN DRIER, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON, AND EVEN AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT OVER THE POCONOS AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONDUCIVE FOR THE INITIATION AND RAPID SPREAD OF BRUSH AND WILD FIRES, AND A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ELEVATED FIRE DANGER HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA. ALTHOUGH IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRY MONDAY, WITH CONTINUED DRY FUELS, WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER. CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES WILL NOT BE AS THREATENING MONDAY. $$ DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-070000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0003.070506T1000Z-070507T0000Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS- HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- 202 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, NORTHERN DELAWARE, AND MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST MARYLAND SHORE. VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE USHERED INTO THE REGION ON BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION, THE SMALLER FUELS HAVE BEEN VERY DRY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY DRY TODAY. WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND PERHAPS UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY THAN THEY WERE ON SATURDAY, THE AIRMASS WILL BE EVEN DRIER, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON, AND EVEN AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT OVER THE POCONOS AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONDUCIVE FOR THE INITIATION AND RAPID SPREAD OF BRUSH AND WILD FIRES, AND A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ELEVATED FIRE DANGER HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA. ALTHOUGH IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRY MONDAY, WITH CONTINUED DRY FUELS, WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER. CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES WILL NOT BE AS THREATENING MONDAY. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS81 KPHI 070001 RFWPHI RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 801 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-070115- /O.EXP.KPHI.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070507T0000Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS- HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 801 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED GREATLY THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS ON THE INCREASE. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. WINDS TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER THAN TODAY OVER MOST AREAS...SO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. $$ AMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:13 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 10 hr |
| May 6, 2:43 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 29 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Jersey, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Maryland, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
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.