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Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 2, 201916 counties in New Jersey; 10 counties in Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this fire weather watch at Apr 2, 2019, 3:02 PM EDT for 16 counties in New Jersey; 10 counties in Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Apr 3, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2019, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 3, 2019, 3:16 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

All 29 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, 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, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Apr 2, 9:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 9:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 3:54 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		43 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in New Jersey, 2019 Fire Weather Watches in Pennsylvania, 2019 Fire Weather Watches in Delaware, 2019 Every fire weather watch in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.