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Fire Weather Watch 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 8, 201015 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this fire weather watch at May 8, 2010, 7:59 PM EDT for 15 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Maryland. It took effect at May 9, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2010, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 9, 2010, 4:02 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

All 25 counties

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, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at May 8, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 4:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 2:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
218 PM EDT SAT MAY 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0216 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WSW PELLETTOWN        41.15N 74.72W
05/08/2010  E50.00 MPH       SUSSEX             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            *** 4 INJ *** OUTDOOR TENT COLLAPSED WITH SEVERAL

            INJURIES IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. SEVERAL INJURIES REPORTED.

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VM

Local storm report, May 8, 4:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 4:15 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	25 hr
May 8, 2:02 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more	6 hr
May 8, 3:55 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	PHI	Sussex	13 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in New Jersey, 2010 Fire Weather Watches in Pennsylvania, 2010 Fire Weather Watches in Maryland, 2010 Every fire weather watch in 2010

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.