Alert archive / New Jersey / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this red flag warning at May 13, 2015, 3:34 AM EDT for 16 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at May 13, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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
- May 13, 2015, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 07:37 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309 WWUS81 KPHI 130734 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 334 AM EDT WED MAY 13 2015 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-132200- /O.UPG.KPHI.FW.A.0003.150513T1600Z-150513T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FW.W.0004.150513T1600Z-150513T2200Z/ 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- 334 AM EDT WED MAY 13 2015 ...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. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 600 PM. * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWESTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...27 TO 32 PERCENT. * MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY FROM 65 TO AROUND 70 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY WILDFIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 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 WEB SITE. && $$ IOVINO
2 follow-up statements
997 WWUS81 KPHI 131930 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 330 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2015 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-132200- /O.CON.KPHI.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150513T2200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 330 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR NORTHWESTERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWESTERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...27 TO 32 PERCENT. * MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY FROM 65 TO AROUND 70 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY WILDFIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER... BURN RESTRICTIONS AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION... PLEASE VISIT YOUR STATE FORESTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEB SITE. && $$
442 WWUS81 KPHI 132156 RFWPHI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 556 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2015 NJZ001-007>010-012>027-132300- /O.EXP.KPHI.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150513T2200Z/ 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- 556 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR NORTHWESTERN... CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... RELATIVE HUMIDITY WAS ABOVE 35 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. AS A RESULT, THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ JRK
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.