Alert archive / New Jersey / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this red flag warning at Nov 23, 2013, 3:43 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 24, 2013, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 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
- Nov 23, 2013, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- 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, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
724 WWUS81 KPHI 232043 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 343 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ007>010-012>027-PAZ060>062- 070-071-101>106-241145- /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0002.131124T1500Z-131124T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER- WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- 343 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MARYLANDS EASTERN SHORE...ALL OF DELAWARE AND ALL OF NEW JERSEY EXCEPT SUSSEX COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...FROM THE MID 20S TO THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...DESPITE THE UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES...ANY OUTDOOR FINE FUEL FIRES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD MORE RAPIDLY THAN USUAL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND THE GENERALLY VERY DRY CONDITIONS OF THE PAST 3 MONTHS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER...BURN RESTRICTIONS... AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION...PLEASE VISIT YOUR STATE FORESTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEBSITE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
045 WWUS81 KPHI 240911 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 411 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ007>010-012>027-PAZ060>062- 070-071-101>106-242300- /O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0002.131124T1500Z-131124T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER- WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- 411 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT TOWARD MIDDAY. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE MID 20S TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...DESPITE THE UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES, ANY OUTDOOR FINE FUEL FIRES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD MORE RAPIDLY THAN USUAL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND THE GENERALLY VERY DRY CONDITIONS OF THE PAST THREE MONTHS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER, BURN RESTRICTIONS, AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, PLEASE VISIT YOUR STATE FORESTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEBSITE. && $$
963 WWUS81 KPHI 242054 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 354 PM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ007>010-012>027-PAZ060>062- 070-071-101>106-242300- /O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131124T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER- WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- 354 PM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...DESPITE THE UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES... ANY OUTDOOR FINE FUEL FIRES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD MORE RAPIDLY THAN USUAL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND THE GENERALLY VERY DRY CONDITIONS OF THE PAST THREE MONTHS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER... BURN RESTRICTIONS... AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION... PLEASE VISIT YOUR STATE FORESTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEBSITE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 5:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 52 min |
| Nov 23, 6:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 19 hr |
| Nov 23, 6:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 48 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Jersey, 2013Red Flag Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013Red Flag Warnings in Maryland, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013
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.