[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/19/2011 10:59:02 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1058 AM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>027-192200-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...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
1058 AM EDT SAT MAR 19 2011

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

DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL, GROUND MOISTURE CONDITIONS REMAIN
RELATIVELY HIGH, ESPECIALLY IN NEW JERSEY. GROUND MOISTURE LEVELS
ARE SOMEWHAT LOWER IN DELAWARE AND MARYLAND, BUT THE WINDS AND
LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS MAY NOT COINCIDE THIS AFTERNOON TO
MEET RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA.
 
IF ANY WILDFIRES DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, THEY MIGHT SPREAD QUICKLY
DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS. 

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GIGI