Wildfire, Carbon
- When
- April 30, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Pennsylvania, April 30, 2006
A brush fire broke out during the early afternoon on the 30th in the Summit Hill area. The fire itself started in the vicinity of a cell tower along a dirt road known as Target Road.
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 broke out during the early afternoon on the 30th in the Summit Hill area. The fire itself started in the vicinity of a cell tower along a dirt road known as Target Road. The fire encompassed about 10 acres of woods and brush. At the height of the fire, some flames jumped several dirt roads, including Target Road. No injuries were reported as a result of this brush fire. On April 22nd, a burn ban was issued for all of Carbon 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 Apr 30, 10:25 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 10:25 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1125 AM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 UPDATED GRIDS AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS FOR MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO FIRST PERIOD TEMPS/SKY COVER/WINDS/RH/ETC. REST OF FCST UNCHANGED. .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NJ...NONE. DE...NONE. MD...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ431 UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ450>455 UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY. && RPW PREVIOUS DISC... .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... WE WILL LET THE FROST ADVISORY EXPIRE AT 12Z. TEMEPERATURES THROUGH THIS AREA ARE MOSTLY IN THE 30S. THE OMEGA BLOCK THAT HAS BEEN DOMINATING OUR WEATHER WILL SLOWLY BREAK DOWN. THE LARGE OCEAN LOW THAT IS PART OF THE BLOCK GRADUALLY MOVES SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH TUESDAY. AS THIS HAPPENS, SHORT WAVES FEED SOUTH AND EAST FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. THESE SHORT WAVES WILL NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE WEATHER HERE, BUT THEY WILL ACT TO BREAK DOWN THE UPPER BLOCKING PATTERN. IN GENERAL, AS THE OFFSHORE LOW LIFTS TO THE NORTH, SOME OF THE ASSOCIATED STRONGER WINDS WILL AFFECT MAINLY COASTAL AREAS. ALSO, BUT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY, SOME OF THE CLOUDS FROM THE LOW WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHEAST ZONES, BUT STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR A PESSIMISTIC FORECAST. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WARMEST OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE REASON IS THE CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE COLD OCEAN WHICH WILL KEEP EASTERN NEW JERSEY AND COASTAL DELAWARE MUCH COOLER THAN FARTHER WEST. MORE FROST IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT, MAINLY NORTH, BUT SINCE WE HAVE THE CURRENT FROST ADVISORY, RATHER THAN CONFUSING THE FORECAST, I WILL DEFER TO THE DAY SHIFT TO HANDLE ANY ADDITIONAL FROST FORECASTS. THE MAV FCST GENLY IS FORECASTING TEMPS WELL. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE GUIDANCE ARE THE DEWPOINTS WHICH HAVE BEEN RUNNING TOO HIGH, ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS WELL INLAND. EVEN THOUGH SOMEWHAT HIGHER DEWPOINT AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE SOUTHERN AREAS FROM THE OCEAN, DAYTIME HEATING AND A REDEVELOPMENT OF THE NE FLOW WILL ALLOW DRY AIR ALOFT TO MIX DOWN. AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST WONT HAVE AS MUCH OF THIS EFFECT AS FARTHER TO THE WEST. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... WITH THE BLOCKING PATTERN HAVING DE-EVOLOVED AND THE WESTERLIES HAVING REDEVELOPED OVER THE FORECAST AREA, TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILDER. COASTAL AREAS WILL ALSO SEE MORE OF A DIURNAL SEABREEZE DEVELOPEMENT RATHER THAN CONTINUED CHILLY EAST WINDS. HOWEVER, WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF FLOW ALOFT, MOISTURE WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR ANY LOW PRESSURE OR FRONTAL SYSTEMS. THE FIRST FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT MOVES THROUGH IS A WEAK ON ON WEDNESDAY WITH PSBL SHWRS. THEN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM FRI AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AS MOISTURE MOVES IN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AND SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE REGION. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, WITH HIGH PRESSURE FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE REGION. && .MARINE... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ON THE OCEAN AND LOWER DELAWARE BAY. THE REGION IS IN BETWEEN TWO LOWS, ONE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND ANOTHER IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE PROLONGED NE WIND FLOW WILL KEEP WAVE HEIGHTS ABOVE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY ON THE OCEAN. IN ADDITION, WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 25 KT OR HIGHER THROUGH MONDAY. ON DELAWARE BAY, WILL EMPHASIZE THE HIGHEST SEAS NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE BAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... ONCE AGAIN, HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT IN SOME LOCATIONS, MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF PHL. HUMIDITIES MAY BE A TAD HIGHER TODAY THAN THEY WERE ON SATURDAY. FUEL MOISTURE REMAINS LOW. HOWEVER, WHERE HUMIDITIES ARE LOWEST, THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHTEST AND VICE VERSA. AS A RESULT, CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. && .TIDES... WITH THE LONG NE FETCH, TIDAL DEPARTURES ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS. THE NGM DEPARTURE GUIDANCE REMAINS HIGH. OBSERVED DEPARTURES AT 00Z AND 06Z WERE GENERALLY 0.5 FEET OR LESS, WHILE THE GUIDANCE SUGGESTED VALUES OF 1 FOOT OR MORE. SO THE ECS DATA IS OVERDONE. THE GFS MRPSSE GUIDANCE IS MUCH BETTER BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, EVEN THE LOWER MRPSSE GUIDANCE HAS DEPARTURES OVER 1 FOOT TONIGHT AND APPROACHING 1.5 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. MOST LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST TIDES LATE TONIGHT, BEFORE DEPARTURES ARE HIGHEST. AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THAT A FEW LOCATIONS MAY APPROACH MINOR TIDAL FLOODING CRITERIA, BUT WITH THE HIGHEST DEPARTURES OCCURRING MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT, THERE IS TIME TO ASSESS IF ANY STATEMENTS WILL BE NEEDED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. ANOTHER CAVEAT IS THAT THE HIGH TIDE THAT OCCURS LATE MONDAY MORNING/EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE LOWER THAN THE NIGHTTIME TIDES. && SHORT TERM...STAUBER LONG TERM...STAUBER AVIATION...NIERENBERG MARINE...NIERENBERG FIRE WEATHER...NIERENBERG TIDES...NIERENBERG
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 1:56 AM EST, 10 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 256 AM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 ANZ430-431-450>455-DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001- 007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-010700- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 256 AM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND NEW JERSEY, EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT ROUGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE ON THE OCEAN .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. STAUBER
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
- Wildfire in Michigan, April 30, 2006
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 2006
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 30, 2006
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 30, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 30, 2006
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Illinois, April 30, 2006
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Iowa, April 30, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 30, 2006
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 2006
More
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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: 5503518.