Wildfire, Southeastern Burlington
- When
- June 9, 8:00 PM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeastern Burlington forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Jersey, June 9 to 10, 2011
S. Route 206 in Shamong Township.
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.
- Tornadoes
- 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 lightning strike started a wildfire in Wharton State Forest off of U.S. Route 206 in Shamong Township. Approximately 152 acres were consumed before it was contained.
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 Jun 9, 7:28 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:28 PM EST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 828 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA WILL SEND A COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION TONIGHT. THIS BOUNDARY WILL STALL OVER OR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY, ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE GREAT LAKES WILL THEN BUILD OVER OUR REGION FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. A WARM FRONT SHOULD THEN APPROACH THE AREA AROUND THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA, WE WERE ABLE TO CANCEL THE HEAT WARNING AND ADVISORY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVING BEEN FALLING BACK TO NEAR 70 IN THE WAKE OF THE STORMS. WE HAVE DROPPED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM BERKS, NORTHAMPTON AND MORRIS COUNTIES NORTHWARD AS THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO SINK TO THE SOUTHEAST. AT 820 PM, A FAIRLY ROBUST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, ACROSS PHILADELPHIA TO THE UPPER DELMARVA. ONCE THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PASSES OFF THE SOUTH JERSEY AND DELAWARE COAST TOWARD MIDNIGHT, CONDITIONS WILL BE QUIET IN OUR REGION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE NIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY. THE MODELS DEPICT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY GRADUALLY SETTLING OVER OR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. WITH THIS FRONT IN OUR VICINITY FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MORE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED, WITH THE MODELS ALSO DEPICTING A FEW UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACKING NEAR OR ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THERE WILL BE SOME RELIEF FROM THE RECENT HEAT WAVE ACROSS THE REGION AS A COOLER AIR MASS FILTERS IN BEHIND THE STALLING COLD FRONT. SHOWER AND TSRA ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD FRONT CLEARS OUR CWA LATE ON SUNDAY. WHILE THE WEEKEND TIMING IS NOT GOOD, THE NEED FOR SOME PRECIPITATION IS INCREASING WITH EACH PASSING DAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... A MID LEVEL TROUGH FROM THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO DROP OVER OUR REGION EARLY IN THE NEW WEEK WITH ITS AXIS PASSING OVERHEAD AROUND TUESDAY. A RIDGE IS FORECAST TO FOLLOW WITH THE RIDGE AXIS ANTICIPATED TO ARRIVE AROUND THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE, HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH SHOULD BUILD SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST, PASSING OVER OUR REGION AROUND TUESDAY NIGHT. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY. AFTER SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY EVENING, ESPECIALLY ON THE COASTAL PLAIN, DRY WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE WILL INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE APPROACHING WARM FRONT ON THURSDAY. NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS FOR KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG, KMIV, KACY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AT 0030Z, THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE EAST OF KABE AND KRDG. THEY WERE MOVING THROUGH KTTN, KPNE, KPHL AND KILG AND THEY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE PICTURE AT THOSE LOCATIONS BEFORE 0130Z. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH KMIV AND KACY AND THE TAFS WILL BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE 0100Z TO 0300Z TIME FRAME. WE PLACED MVFR FOG AT KRDG BASED ON CLIMATOLOGY. ALL TERMINAL OVERNIGHT, THERE WILL BE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS MAINLY AT MID AND HIGH LEVELS. THE COLD FRONT THAT IS TRIGGERING THE TSRAS TODAY WILL SETTLE SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS BY FRIDAY MORNING. A GRADUAL SHIFT IN THE WINDS FROM WEST TO NORTH SHOULD OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND THEN FROM NORTH TO EAST ON FRIDAY. SOME SHRAS AND TSRAS MIGHT OCCUR DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON, BUT GREATEST CHANCES AS OF NOW APPEAR SOUTH OF OUR FORECAST TERMINALS. OUTLOOK... THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL JUST TO OUR SOUTH, THEN GRADUALLY BEGIN TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE UNTIL A LOW ON IT PASSES EAST OF OUR AREA ON SUNDAY. SO WHILE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD OCCUR, THERE WILL BE TIMES FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY WHERE SHRAS AND TSRAS SHOULD RESTRICT BOTH CIGS AND VSBYS TO MVFR LEVELS AND FOR SHORT DURATIONS MAYBE IFR CONDITIONS. PRIMARILY VFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .MARINE... SUB-ADVISORY CONDITIONS STILL ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS AND SEAS MAY APPROACH THE CRITERIA OVER THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. ON-AND-OFF CONVECTION BECOMES POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO END BY MONDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND THEN BECOMES ACTIVE. HIGH PRESSURE THEN TRIES TO NOSE IN AND BRING DECENT BOATING CONDITIONS FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. WE ANTICIPATE A LOW RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON FRIDAY. && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NJ...NONE. DE...NONE. MD...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KLINE/O'HARA NEAR TERM...IOVINO SHORT TERM...KLINE LONG TERM...IOVINO AVIATION...GIGI MARINE...GIGI
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 7:35 PM EST, 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 835 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062- 102100- KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- 835 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-102100- NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- 835 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. ANZ430-431-450>454-102100- 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- 835 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. ANZ455-102100- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 835 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:29 PM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
829 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0824 PM HAIL DREXEL HILL 39.95N 75.30W
06/09/2011 E0.75 INCH DELAWARE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER PHI1100223
PDSLocal storm report, Jun 9, 7:32 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
832 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0821 PM TSTM WND GST PHILADELPHIA 39.95N 75.16W
06/09/2011 M58 MPH PHILADELPHIA PA ASOS
PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
&&
EVENT NUMBER PHI1100224
PDSLocal storm report, Jun 9, 7:39 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
839 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG BOUND BROOK 40.57N 74.54W
06/09/2011 SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE BRANCES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER PHI1100225
PDSLocal storm report, Jun 9, 7:47 PM EST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
847 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM TSTM WND DMG PRINCETON 40.35N 74.66W
06/09/2011 MERCER NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE LIMBS DOWN... ROUTE 206 BLOCKED
&&
EVENT NUMBER PHI1100226
PDSLocal storm report, Jun 9, 7:49 PM EST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
849 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM TSTM WND DMG BLACKWOOD 39.80N 75.06W
06/09/2011 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER PHI1100227
PDSLocal storm report, Jun 9, 7:55 PM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
855 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL PHILADELPHIA SPORTS COM 39.91N 75.17W
06/09/2011 E0.25 INCH PHILADELPHIA PA TRAINED SPOTTER
CITIZENS BANK PARK
&&
EVENT NUMBER PHI1100228
PDSThe 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 9, 2011
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, June 9, 2011
- Rip Current in New Jersey, June 9, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 9, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 9, 2011
- Flooding in Iowa, June 9 to 21, 2011
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 9, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 9, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 9, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 9, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 9, 2011
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Delaware, June 9 to 10, 2011
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: 327001.