Wildfire, Carbon
- When
- March 1, 1:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carbon County, Aquashicola
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Pennsylvania, March 1, 2002
A brush fire occurred during the afternoon of the 1st on Lower Gap Road in Aquashicola (Lower Towamensing Township). Windy conditions helped spread the fire quickly, but responses by three separate fire companies managed to contain the fire damage to just one acre of sparsely wooded land.
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 brush fire occurred during the afternoon of the 1st on Lower Gap Road in Aquashicola (Lower Towamensing Township). Windy conditions helped spread the fire quickly, but responses by three separate fire companies managed to contain the fire damage to just one acre of sparsely wooded land.
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 1, 4:00 AM EST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 4:00 AM EST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 400 AM EST FRI MAR 1 2002 S/W MOVED OFF THE DELMARVA EARLIER TONIGHT TAKING THE CLOUDS WITH IT. COUPLE THIS WITH LIGHT WINDS...TEMPS HAVE FALLEN BACK INTO THE 20S FOR MOST...TEENS IN THE COLDEST LOCALES. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SCOOTS EWRD TODAY WELL NORTH OF THE CWA. THE 00Z AVN HINTS AT SOME HIER RH FIELDS ACROSS NRN ZONES AS THIS FEATURE PASSES. THE SAME PROGS ALSO MOVE SOME H3 MOISTURE ACROSS EXTREME SRN ZONES WELL AHEAD OF OUR WEEKEND SYSTEM. H8 TEMPS RISE ABOUT 4 DEGREES OVER YDY AND WILL BE REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE TDY. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR EVERYONE TONIGHT AS THE SRN SYSTEM GETS BETTER ORGANIZED. CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY BE ON THE INCREASE TOMORROW AS WAA DEVELOPS. TWEAKED PRECIP TIMING...SLOWING IT JUST A BIT. WILL GO CHANCE LATE IN THE DAY EXCEPT FOR EASTERN ZONES. 00Z BUFKIT SUGGESTS AN ALL RAIN EVENT FOR ALL LOCALES AT THE ONSET WHETHER PRECIP BEGINS LATE IN THE DAY OR IN THE EVENING. THIS CONCURS WITH MODEL TRENDS TAKING THE MAIN SURFACE LOW WELL TO OUR WEST...OVER THE GREAT LAKES. AFTER WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST DOSE OF OVER-RUNNING PRECIP IN QUITE A WHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA SUNDAY. ATTM...IT APPEARS A SURFACE WAVE...SUPPORTED BY A DECENT U/L FEATURE...WILL FORM NEAR THE MD PAN HANDLE AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS COULD PROVIDE US WITH ANOTHER DECENT SHOT OF PRECIP. WILL MENTION RAIN CHANGING TO SHOWERS SUNDAY WITH FROPA. WILL CARRY FLURRIES/SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS CYCLONIC FLOW CONTINUES. WILL MENTION FLURRIES TUESDAY...JUST FOR THE EXTREME NRN ZONES AS A SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE TOP OF US. NOTHING TO MENTION IN THE SHORT TERM CONCERNING MARINE. WILL MOST LIKELY SEE FLAGS GO UP SATURDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY GALES. H8 WINDS LOOK IMPRESSIVE. FCSTID = 29 MPO 38 24 42 37 / 0 0 30 90 ABE 42 25 47 38 / 0 0 30 90 RDG 42 26 47 39 / 0 0 30 90 PHL 48 29 53 42 / 0 0 30 90 12N 40 23 43 36 / 0 0 20 90 SMQ 46 26 50 40 / 0 0 20 90 TTN 46 29 50 40 / 0 0 20 90 MIV 48 26 52 43 / 0 0 20 90 ACY 47 33 50 44 / 0 0 20 90 ILG 47 28 52 41 / 0 0 30 90 DOV 48 30 52 42 / 0 0 30 90 GED 49 29 53 41 / 0 0 30 90 ESN 49 30 53 42 / 0 0 30 90 .PHI... DE...NONE. MD...NONE. NJ...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. KRUZDLO
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
- Hurricane in Guam, March 1 to 4, 2002
- High Wind in Nevada, March 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, March 1 to 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 1, 2002
- High Wind in Louisiana, March 1, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 1 to 2, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 1 to 2, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 1 to 2, 2002
- High Wind in California, March 1, 2002
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 2002
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 1 to 3, 2002
- Drought in New Jersey, March 1 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, 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: 5286468.