Wildfire, Gloucester
- When
- March 22, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester County, National Park
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Jersey, March 22, 2002
A wildfire destroyed about 10 acres of brush in National Park (Gloucester County).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 wildfire destroyed about 10 acres of brush in National Park (Gloucester County).
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 Mar 22, 3:05 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 3:05 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 305 AM EST FRI MAR 22 2002 ARCTIC FNT HAS PASSED AND PCPN HAS GENLY ENDED...ALTHO STILL SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHWRS FAR NWRN ZONES. SKIES SHUD CLR FAIRLY RAPIDLY ERY THIS MRNG AS THE MID CLD SHIELD ASSCD WITH THE JET RETREATS SO WL JUST SAY MOSUNNY...XCP PTLY CLDY NWRN ZONES AND A CHC OF SNOW SHWRS FAR NWRN ZONES (POCONOS AND SUSSEX NJ) INTO THE AFTN TO ACCOUNT FOR LINGERING INSTABY AND TERRAIN EFX. THEN...PSBLY SOME SC AGAIN INTO ERY TNGT FAR NWRN ZONES...OTHERWISE MOCLR. SAT LOOKS TO BE MOSUNNY WITH WAA OCCURRING...AGAIN MAYBE A FEW SC FAR NW. NW WINDS PROGGED TO BCM WLY LATER TDA AND DMSH A BIT IN SPEEDS...BUT WL STILL BE A BRISK OR BLUSTERY DAY. LOOKING FOR A RETURN TO SWLY FLO SAT. IN THE EXTDD AVN TRIES TO POKE SOME WAA MSTR INTO NWRN SXNS OF THE CWA LATER SUN/SUN NITE. WON/T CHG SUN FOR NOW BUT WL MODIFY SUN NITE FOR FAR NWRN ZONES TO ADD A CHC OF S/IP. OTHERWISE REST OF XTDD RETAINED. TEMPS...WENT A BIT COLDER THAN MOS FOR MINS TNGT...OTHERWISE GENLY ACCEPTABLE. WL CONT THE GALE WARNING IN THE CSTL WATERS AS WELL AS DE BAY AS WINDS BEHIND FRONT SHUD REACH THRESHOLDS. FCSTID = 17 MPO 23 13 41 26 / 30 10 10 0 ABE 31 18 48 30 / 10 0 0 0 RDG 32 20 50 32 / 10 0 0 0 PHL 36 23 51 36 / 0 0 0 0 12N 28 16 46 30 / 30 10 10 0 SMQ 34 20 50 33 / 0 0 0 0 TTN 35 22 50 34 / 0 0 0 0 MIV 36 20 51 33 / 0 0 0 0 ACY 36 25 49 38 / 0 0 0 0 ILG 36 23 50 34 / 0 0 0 0 DOV 37 23 51 35 / 0 0 0 0 GED 37 23 52 36 / 0 0 0 0 ESN 37 23 51 37 / 0 0 0 0 .PHI... DE...NONE. MD...NONE. NJ...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARING COASTAL WATERS AND DE BAY...ANZ450>455-430-431.
The 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
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, March 22, 2002
- Avalanche in Idaho, March 22, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 22, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 22, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 22 to 23, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 22 to 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, March 22 to 23, 2002
- High Wind in Georgia, March 22, 2002
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, March 22, 2002
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 22, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, March 22 to 24, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, March 22, 2002
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, March 2002
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: 5286612.