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Excessive Heat Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 20134 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this excessive heat watch at Jul 5, 2013, 3:46 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It took effect at Jul 6, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2013, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 3:04 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat watch went out, 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 this excessive heat watch went out at Jul 5, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 8:49 PM EDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 3:04 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer	53 hr
Jul 5, 3:04 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and 3 more	53 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Watches in Pennsylvania, 2013 Excessive Heat Watches in New Jersey, 2013 Excessive Heat Watches in Delaware, 2013 Every excessive heat watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.