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Fire Weather Watch 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 9, 20124 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this fire weather watch at Apr 9, 2012, 3:12 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 10, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2012, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

All 31 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, 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

678 
WWUS81 KPHI 091912
RFWPHI

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
312 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-100000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FW.A.0007.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
/O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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-
312 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH, THEN
  DECREASING TONIGHT. FOR TUESDAY, WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY THIS
  EVENING, THEN AROUND 30 PERCENT ON TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY
  WINDS AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT, THE POTENTIAL
  EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP OR EVEN
  FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS
  NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

GORSE

3 follow-up statements

010 
WWUS81 KPHI 100004
RFWPHI

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
804 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-
101000-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KPHI.FW.A.0007.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0008.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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-
804 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 800
PM ON TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE, SOUTHEASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM LATE
  TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 30 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY
  WINDS AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT, THE POTENTIAL
  EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP OR
  PRESCRIBED BURNS GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT
  RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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.

&&

$$

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-101000-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/
/O.CON.KPHI.FW.A.0007.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
804 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* AFFECTED AREA...BERKS COUNTY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THE POCONOS AND
  NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM LATE
  TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 30 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY
  WINDS AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT, THE POTENTIAL
  EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP OR
  PRESCRIBED BURNS GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT
  RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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.

&&

$$

IOVINO

824 
WWUS81 KPHI 100112
RFWPHI

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
912 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-
101000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0008.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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-
912 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT...

* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE, SOUTHEASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM LATE
  TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 30 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY
  WINDS AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT, THE POTENTIAL
  EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP OR
  PRESCRIBED BURNS GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT
  RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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.

&&

$$

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-101000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FW.A.0007.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
912 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* AFFECTED AREA...BERKS COUNTY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THE POCONOS AND
  NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM LATE
  TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 30 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY
  WINDS AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT, THE POTENTIAL
  EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP OR
  PRESCRIBED BURNS GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT
  RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY MAY 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.

&&

$$

IOVINO

400 
WWUS81 KPHI 100754
RFWPHI

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
354 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

PAZ054-055-100900-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FW.A.0007.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
354 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE NOT FORECAST TO FALL BELOW THE 30
PERCENT THRESHOLD TODAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD TODAY. IT WILL
STILL BE VERY WINDY WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

$$

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ060>062-101600-
/O.UPG.KPHI.FW.A.0007.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KPHI.FW.W.0008.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
354 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW
  JERSEY.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY 
  WINDS AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT... THE POTENTIAL 
  EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP OR 
  PRESCRIBED BURNS GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT 
  RECOMMENDED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER... BURN RESTRICTIONS
AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION... PLEASE VISIT YOUR STATE
FORESTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEBSITE.

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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-
101600-
/O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0008.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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-
354 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE, SOUTHEASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS ELEVATED DUE TO THE GUSTY 
  WINDS AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT... THE POTENTIAL 
  EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP OR 
  PRESCRIBED BURNS GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT 
  RECOMMENDED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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.

&&

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 8:01 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	24 hr
Apr 9, 4:03 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	14 hr
Apr 9, 6:00 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		3 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in New Jersey, 2012 Fire Weather Watches in Pennsylvania, 2012 Fire Weather Watches in Maryland, 2012 Every 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.