Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Heat Advisories in 2016
Heat Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this heat advisory at Jul 5, 2016, 2:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It took effect at Jul 6, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2016, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 3:40 AM 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 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
344 WWUS71 KPHI 051855 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 255 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ070-071-102-104-106-060800- /O.NEW.KPHI.HT.Y.0001.160706T1500Z-160706T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.EH.A.0001.160707T1500Z-160708T2200Z/ NEW CASTLE-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY- LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 255 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90'S WEDNESDAY THEN IN THE MID 90'S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICIES AROUND 100 DEGREES EACH DAY. * TIMING... DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED PRIMARILY IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO STRAIN ON THOSE OUTDOORS IN THE HEAT ALONG WITH SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN AND PETS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. && $$ GAINES
1 follow-up statement
422 WWUS71 KPHI 060740 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 340 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ070-071-102-104-106-062100- /O.UPG.KPHI.HT.Y.0001.160706T1500Z-160706T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.EH.W.0001.160706T1500Z-160708T2200Z/ /O.UPG.KPHI.EH.A.0001.160707T1500Z-160708T2200Z/ NEW CASTLE-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY- LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 340 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 600 PM FRIDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY AND THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S TODAY...AND IN THE MIDDLE 90S ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LOWS MAINLY IN THE 70S TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 100 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO HEAT RELATED HEALTH ISSUES...ESPECIALLY AMONG THE ELDERLY AND THOSE ALREADY IN POOR HEALTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO THE EARLY MORNING OR LATE EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN A SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A HAZARDOUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK ON ELDERLY RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING HOT WEATHER WHEN A CAR'S INTERIOR CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. KEEP PETS IN A COOL ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDE THEM WITH PLENTY OF WATER. && $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 3:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 3:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 3:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 13 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 2:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 54 min |
Nearby
Heat Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Heat Advisories in New Jersey, 2016Heat Advisories in Delaware, 2016Every heat advisory in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.