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Excessive Heat Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 16, 20194 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this excessive heat watch at Jul 16, 2019, 3:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It took effect at Jul 17, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2019, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2019, 2:44 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 07:35 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 15, 9:18 PM EDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 9:18 PM EDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more5 days
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 6 more29 hr
Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks34 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Watches in Pennsylvania, 2019Excessive Heat Watches in New Jersey, 2019Excessive Heat Watches in Delaware, 2019Every excessive heat watch in 2019

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.