Alert archive / New Jersey / Fire Weather Watches in 2011
Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this fire weather watch at Mar 28, 2011, 6:02 PM EDT for 13 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 29, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2011, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2011, 4:05 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties 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, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
522 WWUS81 KPHI 282202 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 602 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2011 NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-291015- /O.EXP.KPHI.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110328T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.A.0002.110329T1600Z-110329T2200Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN- CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 602 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF THE NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST CORNER AS WELL AS MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR THE DELAWARE RIVER. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO REACH 20 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COINCIDENT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT AND 10 HOUR LAG TIME FUELS WELL BELOW 10 PERCENT. * THIS COMBINATION OF FACTORS WOULD LEAD TO A MORE RAPID RATE OF SPREAD OF ANY FINE FUEL FIRES THAT MAY DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
398 WWUS81 KPHI 290805 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 405 AM EDT TUE MAR 29 2011 NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-292200- /O.UPG.KPHI.FW.A.0002.110329T1600Z-110329T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0005.110329T1600Z-110329T2200Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN- CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 405 AM EDT TUE MAR 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF THE NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST CORNER AS WELL AS MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR THE DELAWARE RIVER. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO REACH 20 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON...COINCIDENT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 30 PERCENT AND FINE FUEL MOISTURE WELL BELOW 10 PERCENT. * THIS COMBINATION OF FACTORS WILL LEAD TO A MORE RAPID RATE OF SPREAD OF ANY FINE FUEL FIRES THAT MAY DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY TODAY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FINE FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 18 hr | |
| Mar 28, 4:35 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 7 more | 13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.