[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/2/2011 10:50:23 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1050 AM EST WED MAR 2 2011

DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ013-014-016>027-022300-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...ELKTON...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST
1050 AM EST WED MAR 2 2011

...HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

A WEST WIND IS FORECAST TO GUST TO 25 OR 30 MPH AT TIMES THIS
AFTERNOON AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD DROP INTO THE 20S
FOR A FEW HOURS. AS A RESULT, THERE ARE HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS.

DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL, FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS REMAINED ABOVE
THE CRITERION FOR A RED FLAG WARNING YESTERDAY AND AGAIN THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER, THE FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS SHOULD DECREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEY MAY APPROACH THE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERION.

IF ANY WILDFIRES DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, THEY MAY SPREAD QUICKLY
DUE TO THE GUSTY WIND.

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