RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOST OF NEW JERSEY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TIMING...FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE MID 50S ACROSS SOUTHERN POCONOS
IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY.
* IMPACTS...BECAUSE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS... THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES
DEVELOP. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE STRONG
WIND GUSTS... RECENT LACK OF PRECIPITATION... LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES... AND DRY FUELS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
Address/Location
Delaware Township, NJ Office of Emergency Management
816 Sergeantsville Rd
Stockton, NJ 08559
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 609-397-8189
William J. Powell
Emergency Management
[email protected]
609-397-8189