Wildfire, Salem
- When
- November 6, 5:20 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Salem County, Pennsville
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Jersey, November 6, 2001
A fire consumed four acres of brush off of Wingate Drive in Pennsville Township. The unseasonably dry weather increased the susceptibility of brush and wildfires throughout the state.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A fire consumed four acres of brush off of Wingate Drive in Pennsville Township. The unseasonably dry weather increased the susceptibility of brush and wildfires throughout the state.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 6, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2001
DRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE...AND ALL OF OUR PA AND NJ COUNTIES HAVE
BEEN PLACED UNDER A DROUGHT WATCH...EXCEPT FOR CHESTER PA WHICH IS
NOW UNDER A DROUGHT WARNING. SEE PHLESSPHL FOR THE LATEST DROUGHT
STATEMENT.
LOW PRESSURE OVER NOVA SCOTIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NE TONIGHT...AS
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY BUILDS IN. ETA SHOWS THE SC NOW E
OF LAKE ONTARIO SPREADING OVER THE CWA TONIGHT...AND TIME-HEIGHT
CROSS SECTION HAS MOISTURE JUST ABOVE H85 OVER PHL AROUND MIDNIGHT.
AVN IS DRIER WITH THIS FEATURE. WITHOUT ANY UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...A
BRIEF PERIOD OF CLOUDINESS IS POSSIBLE IN NRN ZONES...BUT THINK REST
OF CWA WILL REMAIN CLEAR. IDEAL RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE
IN PLACE TONIGHT...AS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH
TO PREVENT ATMOSPHERE FROM DECOUPLING.
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WED. BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS SHOW AN INVERSION FORMING NEAR H80...WITH MOISTURE TRAPPED
BENITH IT. WILL GO PTLY SUNNY N AND MSTLY SUNNY S...ALTHOUGH THIS
MAY BE A LITTLE TOO OPTIMISTIC. NGM FWC/S BRING IN THE CLOUDS A
LITTLE LATER THAN THE ETA/AVN WOULD INDICATE...SO WENT WITH THE
COOLER MAV/S FOR HIGHS.
FRONT STAYS FAR ENOUGH SW OF CWA WED NIGHT TO ALLOW SKIES TO CLEAR A
BIT...ESPECIALLY IN NRN ZONES...AND SOME RADIATIONAL COOLING MAY
OCCUR.
THE FRONT COMES BACK AS A WARM FRONT BEGINNING THU MORNING. THE AVN
IS THE WETTEST OF THE MODELS AND SHOWS THE POSSIBILITY OF A TRACE
PRECIP EVENT IN ERN PA...BUT WITHOUT ANY UVV OR PVA...PRECIP SEEMS
UNLIKELY.
MARINE: SCA WILL REMAIN UP ON ALL WATERS AS CAA CONTINUES.
MPO 31 57 37 57 / 0 10 0 10
ABE 34 60 38 60 / 0 10 0 10
RDG 34 60 38 60 / 0 10 0 10
PHL 38 62 44 63 / 0 0 0 10
12N 31 57 37 57 / 0 10 0 10
SMQ 36 61 40 62 / 0 0 0 10
TTN 36 61 40 62 / 0 0 0 10
MIV 35 63 39 63 / 0 0 0 10
ACY 41 63 45 62 / 0 0 0 10
ILG 37 62 42 63 / 0 0 0 10
DOV 38 63 44 64 / 0 0 0 10
GED 38 63 44 64 / 0 0 0 10
ESN 38 63 44 64 / 0 0 0 10
.PHI...
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...SCA FOR DE BAY AND CSTL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ
TO FENWICK IS DE.
JAQThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5272936.