[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/4/2011 11:32:57 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1132 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ013-016>023-027-PAZ070-071-
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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...FREEHOLD...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
1132 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY...EXTREME SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...MOST OF DELAWARE AND
MOST OF MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE...

TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR INTO THE 70S THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY TO
NEAR RECORD VALUES BY 5 PM. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 30
AND 45 MPH AS HUMIDITY DROPS INTO THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE.

THIS COMBINATION OF FACTORS COMBINED WITH RATHER DRY FINE FUELS
COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASED RATE OF SPREAD OF ANY FIRES.

ALL RESIDENTS AND TRAVELER'S THROUGH THIS AREA ARE URGED TO EXERCISE
CAUTION HANDLING ANY POTENTIAL IGNITION SOURCE...INCLUDING MACHINERY...
CIGARETTES...AND MATCHES. BE SURE TO PROPERLY DISCARD ALL SMOKING
MATERIALS. ANY DRY GRASSES AND TREE LITTER THAT IGNITE WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD QUICKLY.


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