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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this fire weather watch at Apr 5, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT for 7 counties in Pennsylvania; 16 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2012, 2:40 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 23 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, 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
440 WWUS81 KPHI 051915 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 315 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-060830- /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.A.0003.120406T1400Z-120407T0000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-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-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 315 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS, RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS. BECAUSE OF THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES 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. && $$ KLINE
1 follow-up statement
062 WWUS81 KPHI 060640 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 240 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-070000- /O.UPG.KPHI.FW.A.0003.120406T1400Z-120407T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0004.120406T1500Z-120407T0000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-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-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 240 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY WEST AND SOUTH OF PASSAIC...BERGEN...HUDSON...ESSEX...AND UNION COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING BELOW 30 PERCENT TO AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE UPPER 40S OVER THE SOUTHERN POCONOS TO NEAR 60 OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS...RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS. BECAUSE OF THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER...BURN RESTRICTIONS AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION...PLEASE VISIT YOUR STATE FORESTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEBSITE. && $$ MPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:51 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Northampton | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:36 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 20 hr |
Nearby
Fire Weather Watches in New Jersey, 2012Fire Weather Watches in Pennsylvania, 2012Every fire weather watch in 2012
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.