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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this red flag warning at Mar 26, 2012, 12:31 PM EDT for 16 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 26, 2012, 12:31 PM EDT (16:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 3:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- 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, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
980 WWUS81 KPHI 261631 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1231 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012>024-026-027-270100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0002.120326T1631Z-120327T0100Z/ 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 OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 1231 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWEST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM. MOST VULNERABLE TIME IS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...BECAUSE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS, RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS. 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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MEOLA/GIGI
5 follow-up statements
657 WWUS81 KPHI 261921 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 321 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 NJZ025-270100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.A.0002.120327T1200Z-120327T2000Z/ /O.EXA.KPHI.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T0100Z/ COASTAL ATLANTIC- 321 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM. MOST VULNERABLE TIME IS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...BECAUSE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS, RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS. * TUESDAY...WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE GUSTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. IF HUMIDITY LEVELS DROP BEFORE THE WINDS START TO DECREASE, THEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS MIGHT BE REACHED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NJZ001-007>010-012>024-026-027-270100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.A.0002.120327T1200Z-120327T2000Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T0100Z/ 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 OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 321 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWEST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM. MOST VULNERABLE TIME IS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...BECAUSE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS, RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS. * TUESDAY...WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE GUSTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. IF HUMIDITY LEVELS DROP BEFORE THE WINDS START TO DECREASE, THEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS MIGHT BE REACHED. 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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
365 WWUS81 KPHI 261923 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 323 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-270100- /O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.FW.A.0002.120327T1200Z-120327T2000Z/ 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- 323 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWEST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM. MOST VULNERABLE TIME IS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...BECAUSE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS, RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS. * TUESDAY...WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE GUSTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. IF HUMIDITY LEVELS DROP BEFORE THE WINDS START TO DECREASE, THEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS MIGHT BE REACHED. 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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MEOLA
559 WWUS81 KPHI 270055 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 855 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-271200- /O.CAN.KPHI.FW.A.0002.120327T1200Z-120327T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KPHI.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T2000Z/ 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- 855 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWEST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY WHEN CONDITIONS SHOULD FALL BELOW CRITERIA. HOWEVER, AS THE SUN RISES AND TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM, CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN ABOVE CRITERIA LEVELS ONCE AGAIN. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...BECAUSE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS... RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS. 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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ROBERTSON
367 WWUS81 KPHI 270727 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 327 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-272000- /O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T2000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 327 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWEST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH, ESPECIALLY FROM MID MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE LOCALLY BELOW CRITERIA. HOWEVER...AS THE SUN RISES AND TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN ABOVE CRITERIA LEVELS ONCE AGAIN. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT TODAY. * IMPACTS...BECAUSE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS... RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ RPW
808 WWUS81 KPHI 271943 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 343 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-272045- /O.CAN.KPHI.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T2000Z/ 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- 343 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NEW JERSEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE EVENING AND THE WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE...SO THE THREAT FOR RAPID SPREADING OF WILDFIRES WILL DIMINISH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:46 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Jersey, 2012Every red flag warning 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.