Wildfire in New Jersey, November 9 to 10, 2001

Name: Wildfire in New Jersey, November 9 to 10, 2001
Start: 2001-11-09T13:30
End: 2001-11-10T18:00
Location: New Jersey

November 9 to 10, 2001 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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 large wildfire consumed about 90 acres of brush and trees in Lawrence Township in the Decarlo Tract off of Ramah Road. Strong winds and the lack of rain helped the fire spread quickly and hindered firefighters in the area. The fire began the afternoon of the 9th. About five homes were in danger, but firefighters lit backfires and saved them. The fire was under control on the 10th, but continued to burn underground during the ensuing two weeks. Residual smoke from the fire continued to plague residents through the 14th. No individuals were injured, but about 10 cats suffered burns.

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 9, 11:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 11:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1100 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2001

ADJUSTED WINDS...TEMPS...AND AMOUNT OF CLOUDS...MOSTLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ZONES.

FCSTID = 29/KRUZDLO
MPO BE 045/031 048/031 042 29122
    UBUUB 026/042 024/041 028/047 035/048 032 21221111122
ABE BB 050/033 051/032 050 29012
    UBUUB 029/046 027/046 030/051 037/055 035 11221111122
RDG BB 052/032 052/032 050 29012
    UBUUB 029/046 027/046 030/051 037/055 035 11221111122
PHL UB 054/036 058/038 054 29001
    UBUUB 034/051 032/050 035/055 040/059 039 00221111122
12N BE 050/032 051/031 045 29122
    UBUUB 028/044 027/044 030/049 037/052 034 11221111122
SMQ UB 053/034 056/033 053 29001
    UBUUB 033/048 029/048 032/053 039/057 037 00221111122
TTN UB 053/034 056/033 053 29001
    UBUUB 033/048 029/048 032/053 039/057 037 00221111122
MIV UU 056/032 059/035 054 29001
    UBUUB 032/051 030/050 033/055 038/059 037 00221111122
ACY UU 056/039 058/039 054 29001
    UBUUB 034/050 032/049 035/054 040/057 039 00221111122
ILG UU 055/034 058/035 054 29001
    UBUUB 032/050 030/049 033/054 038/058 037 00221111122
DOV UU 057/036 060/038 054 29000
    UBUUB 032/051 030/050 033/055 038/059 037 00221111122
GED UU 059/036 060/039 054 29000
    UBUUB 032/051 030/050 033/055 038/059 037 00221111122
ESN UU 058/036 060/038 054 29000
    UBUUB 032/051 030/050 033/055 038/059 037 00221111122=

.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.

------------------------PREVIOUS AFD------------------------------

CFP ON OR CLOSE TO SCHED ACRS OUR CWA. THEN SLGTLY QUICKER CHGS IN
STORE WITH SOME WAA INDCD CLDS TNGT AND A SHARPER 2NDRY CFP SAT NGT.
BUT ALAS PCPN WON/T EVEN NICKEL AND DIME US AS CWA STAYS IN NW FLOW
WITH A LRG SFC HI PRES ACRS THE ERN U.S. THRU WED.

CDFNT FCSTD TO RAPIDLY MOV OFSHR AS CAA COMES SCREAMING IN THIS
MRNG. GRAD IS TIGHTER THIS MRNG AND IS FCSTD TO WKN TAFTN. LLVL
THICK ACTUALLY RISE A BIT AS DAY WEARS ON. GOING TO CONT TREND OF
RARISING MAX TEMPS ABT 5-8F ABV MAXT MACROS AS DRY GROUND AND
DWNSLPG SHLD COMBINE TO PRODUCE MAX TEMPS CLSR TO THE WRMR AVN
FAN/MAV VALUES. ONLY RUB IS DWNSLPG SURGE WILL ACTUALLY PRODUCE THE
CALENDAR DAY HI TEMPS PRIOR TO 12Z THIS MRNG B4 2NDRY BUT LWR MAX
TEMPS OCR TAFTN. WILL WORD HIGHS AS AFTN HIGHS AS TEMPS MIGHT DIP
TOO MUCH IN THE MRNG TO FCST TEMPS IN THE... THIS HAS ALRDY OCRD IN
OUR FAR NWRN ZNS. THERE/S PLENTY OF SC CUR BHND THE CDFNT...BUT
SUBSID INVERSION COMES CRASHING DOWN THIS MRNG...EVEN UP N. SO PTLY
SUNNY SHLD WORK FOR NW ZONES AND MOSUNNY FTHR TO THE SE. A PERIOD OF
SUNNIEST SKIES UP N SHLD OCR ARND NOON B4 HI CLDS START MOVG IN IN
ADVANCE OF WAA TNGT.

AS FAR AS RED FLAG WRNGS ARE CONCERNED...WE SHLD GET THE WIND CRIT
THIS MRNG BUT NOT THE RH AND THEN COME CLOSE TO THE RH CRIT TAFTN
W/O WINDS. THUS NO WRNGS.

MDLS FCSTG SOME POS OMEGA AND SFC MFC TNGT IN WAA RETURN FLOW. ALL
SHRTWV ENERGY AND H2.5 JET RMNS N OF OUR CWA. ALL THE MSTR IS AOA
12K WITH SOME PRETTY DRY AIR BLO IT. MSTR DOES PEAK IN THE
DENDRITIC ZONE. IF IT WAS OCRG DURG THE DAY...IT PBLY WOULD BE A
WHOLE LOTTA SNIRGA BEING OBSERVED WITH THE HAZY SHADE OF WINTER SKY.
AS ITS OCRG AT NGT...WE/LL JUST FCST MOCLDY N AND PTLY CLDY S. LIKE
WRMR NGM MOS UP N WITH THE CLDS AND THE COOLER OF THE THREE GUID
DOWN S WITH CLR(R) SKIES AND L/V WINDS.

CWA WILL BE IN WARM SECTOR ON SAT AS WAA INDCD CLDS HEAD TWD NEW
ENG. CDFNT S/B JUST ENTERING OUR NRN ZNS TWD SUNSET SAT. THIS TIME
MSTR IS GENERALLY CONFINED TO AOB H8 AND DOES NOT APPEAR DEEP ENUF
TO GENERATE ANY PCPN. UNTIL THIS FAILS WE/LL ADD ABT 5-8F TO MAXT
MACROS WHICH WOULD LEAN TWD THE HIEST OF THE THREE GUID TEMPS FOR
MAX TEMPS.

STG CAA SAT NGT. ONCE AGAIN EVEN UP N...INVERSION SINKS RAPIDLY AND
WOULD MUSTER AT WORST A FEW FLURRIES OVR THE POCONOS AND SUSSEX CTY
NJ. AVN MOS LOOKS A BIT TOASTY GIVEN STG CAA IS FSCTD THRU THE NGT
SAT NGT. WE/LL LEAN TWD COOLER FAN/NGM MOS TEMPS. THEN HI PRES TAKES
ITS SWEET OLD TIME LUMBERING TWD OUR CWA OVR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. S/B MAINLY CLEAR WITH TEMPS SLGTLY BLO NML. BEYOND THAT LATEST
MRF CONTS TO ADVERTIZE A CHG IN THE UA PAT...REPLACING THE CNTRL
U.S. RDGG EVENTUALLY WITH SOME TROFFING. THIS SHLD OPEN THE DOOR FOR
SOME MUCH NEEDED PCPN TWD OR BY NEXT WEEKEND.

MAR: SCA WILL CONT FOR TDY.

TFG

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Cumberland

When: November 9, 1:30 PM EST to November 10, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Cumberland County, Centre Grove
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.328, -75.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Jersey in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, November 2001

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: 5272937.