Excessive Heat in New Jersey, June 7 to 10, 2008

Name: Excessive Heat in New Jersey, June 7 to 10, 2008
Start: 2008-06-07T09:00
End: 2008-06-10T20:00
Location: New Jersey

June 7 to 10, 2008 · NWS PHI · 21 events in 21 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 48
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 21

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.

The most oppressive heat wave of the meteorological summer affected New Jersey from June 7th through the 10th. The combination of high temperatures well into the 90s to around 100 and dew point temperatures in the 70s produced apparent temperatures or heat indices values as high as around 100 in northern New Jersey and around 105 in southern New Jersey. Most of the highest temperatures occurred on the 10th, except at the shore where the highest temperatures occurred on the 9th. The highest apparent temperatures occurred on both the 7th and the 10th.

Trying to escape the heat led to the drowning death of a 34-year-old male in the Delaware River off of Warren County on the 8th. Four men attempted to cross the Delaware River from the Hialeah Picnic Area in the Delaware Water Gap in Monroe County. They made it safely to Labar Island just south of Tocks Island. The four continued crossing the river toward New Jersey, when he started having trouble midway toward the New Jersey coast near Worthington State Forest in Hardwick Township.

The excessive heat caused many heat related injuries across the state. Many cooling centers were opened to assist senior citizens. The heat also caused a few roadways to buckle. Schools were still in session and many that did not have air conditioning dismissed children early on the 9th and 10th. A couple of schools cancelled classes altogether. Some after school activities were cancelled outright; others were shifted to air conditioned locations. The excessive heat caused some scattered and mainly localized power outages. There was about a twenty-five percent increase in vehicle distress calls. There was also a surge in purchases of air conditioners and pools.

In northwest New Jersey, 3,000 homes and businesses lost power mainly on the 9th. In Middlesex County, cooling centers were opened at libraries and community centers in four municipalities. In Pert Amboy, a medical tent saw a steady stream of visitors complaining of dehydration at Puerto Rican Day on the 7th. Northbound New Jersey State Route 35 was closed on the afternoon of the 8th after a drawbridge between Sayreville and Old Bridge got stuck in the upright position. In Monmouth and Ocean Counties about 10,000 homes and businesses lost power. The air conditioning failed on the campus of Ocean County College, cancelling classes. In Mercer County, schools in Trenton were closed on the 10th. Cooling centers were opened in all of the municipalities' neighborhood community centers as well as nine county libraries. In Camden (Camden County), spray pools were opened. In Atlantic County, the Dorset Avenue Bridge in Ventnor was closed. In Cape May County, on the afternoon of the 8th New Jersey State Route 52 Causeway Bridge into Ocean City was closed for 90 minutes because the bridge would not close. Boats were detoured the rest of the afternoon until temperatures dropped. Heat sensitive crops such as lettuce and zucchini wilted on some southern New Jersey farms.

Highest temperatures included 100 degrees in Hammonton (Atlantic County), Wrightstown (Burlington County), Berkeley Township and Toms River (both Ocean County), 99 degrees in Hillsborough (Somerset County) and Mount Laurel (Burlington County), 98 degrees in Sicklerville (Gloucester County), the Atlantic City International Airport and Margate (both Atlantic County), Millville (Cumberland County) and Lindenwold (Camden County), 97 degrees in Fort Monmouth (Monmouth County), Boonton (Morris County), Hightstown (Mercer County), New Brunswick (Middlesex County) and Upper Deerfield (Cumberland County), 96 degrees in Woodstown (Salem County), Chatham (Morris County), Cape May (Cape May County), Belvidere (Warren County), Flemington (Hunterdon County), Andover (Sussex County), Trenton (Mercer County) and Woodbine (Cape May County), 94 degrees in Hackettstown (Warren County) and 92 degrees in Barnegat (Ocean County).

The heat wave helped June 2008 to be one of the warmest Junes on record. At the Atlantic City International Airport, the June monthly mean temperature of 74.9 degrees (5.2 degrees warmer than normal) was the warmest June on record. In Trenton, the June monthly mean temperature of 74.3 degrees (3.3 degrees warmer than normal) was the 7th warmest June on record. For the state of New Jersey, it was the 2nd warmest June on record since 1895.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 7, 2:10 AM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:10 AM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
310 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE PAST THE AREA LATE TUESDAY
OR TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH HIGH PRESSURE RETURNING THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
LEFT AS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED DEWPOINTS AREA ALREADY IN THE 60S AND
THEY SHOULD INCREASE A BIT MORE TODAY ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES
RISING TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S, EXCEPT AT THE COAST WHERE A
SEABREEZE WILL KEEP THEM COOLER.

SOME LOW CLOUDS AND PATCH FOG REMAIN OVER AREAS NEAR THE COAST
FROM ATLANTIC CITY SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN DELAWARE. OTHERWISE
SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BY LATE MORNING ANY FOG AND LOW
CLOUDS SHOULD BE DISSIPATED BY DAYTIME WARMING. AN UPPER RIDGE
COVERS THE REGION, BUT THIS RIDGE IS NOT AS STRONG OVER THE POCNOS
AND NW NJ AND SHORT WAVES COULD COME THROUGH FROM THE WEST THIS
AFTERNOON AS ANY LEFTOVER ENERGY FROM THE TSTMS IN THE UPPER
MIDWEST SKIRTS BY TO THE NORTH. SINCE THE AIRMASS WILL BE UNSTABLE
OVER THE AREA, THE POTENTIAL SHORT WAVE COULD DEVELOP TSTMS NORTH
THIS AFTERNOON AND MOS GUIDANCE SHOWS THIS AS WELL, THEREFORE, I
HAVE INCLUDED 20/30 POPS NORTH FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR TSTMS.
MAV/MET/FWC TEMPS WERE GENERALLY CLOSE TODAY AND LOOK GOOD CONSIDERING
THE FCST SOUNDINGS. A SEABREEZE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
INLAND THIS AFTERNOON, PROVIDING RELIEF TO THE HEAT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
ALL HEADLINES HAVE BEEN CONTINUED AS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AND
CONTINUE TO LOOK REASONABLE.

HOT AND HUMID AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH IN
PLACE AND H8 TEMPS RISING TO 20C. GUIDANCE NUMBERS DIFFER BY A FEW
DEGREES, BUT EVEN SO, IT WILL STILL BE HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S.
SOME AREAS MAY ALSO REACH THE UPPER 90S SUNDAY BUT 100 IS NOT
EXPECTED. DUE TO THE POSITION OF THE RIDGE AXIS, SUNDAY COULD SEE
ISOLATED TSTMS NORTH AS THERE IS MORE FLOW ALOFT THERE SUPPORTING
POTENTIAL SHORT WAVES TRIGGERING TSTMS OTHERWISE THE FORECAST IS
PRECIPITATION FREE. THERE WILL BE SOME CIRRUS AROUND MAINLY NORTH
AND FEW TO SCATTERED CU SHOULD DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON, BUT NOT
ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE DAYTIME HEAT.

IN GENERAL, A BLEND OF GUIDANCE TEMPS WERE USED.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
OUR EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL STILL BE WITH US MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
ALTHOUGH GUIDANCE IS NOT SHOWING IT THIS FAR OUT, WE WONDER IF
TUESDAY MIGHT BE THE WORST-FEELING DAY, IF DEW POINTS CAN POOL
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT. ACTUAL AIR
TEMPERATURES MAY BE SLIGHTLY LESS IF THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN A
BIT AND HEIGHTS LOWER SLIGHTLY, BUT THE COMBINATION OF
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY MAY BE JUST AS BAD. OR, TEMPERATURES
TUESDAY MAY EVEN BE AS HOT, AND IT COULD TURN OUT BEING THE WORST
DAY OF ALL. MOS GUIDANCE MAY BE ABLE TO SORT IT OUT AS IT DIVERGES
FROM CLIMATOLOGY WITH THE EVENT NEARING TIME WILL TELL.

MODEL GUIDANCE IS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY (AND LENDS SOME CONFIDENCE)
IN SHOWING A WEAK FONT MOVING PAST THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING. THE
GFS EVEN SHOWS A WAVE FORMING ON THE FRONT, BUT THIS MAY BE
OVERDONE. A TRUE AIR MASS CHANGE MAY NOT BE IN THE CARDS, BUT
SOME LESSENING OF TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTS SHOULD OCCUR
WEDNESDAY, EVEN IF IT REMAINS PRETTY WARM OR HOT.

&&

.AVIATION /07Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A FOG/STRATUS BANK HAS FORMED OFF THE COAST AND PUSHED INLAND AND IS
MAINLY AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN TAF SITES EARLY THIS MORNING.  BOTH
KACY AND KMIV HAVE BEEN SOCKED IN WITH LIFR CONDITIONS.  KILG HAS
BEEN TEETERING WITH MVFR VSBYS BUT IFR/LIFR CIGS.  MOST OTHER
LOCATIONS ARE EITHER MVFR OF VFR WITH SOME SCATTERED POCKETS OF FOG.
LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SFC OBS INDICATE THAT SOME OF THE
PERSISTENT LIFR CONDITIONS OVER THE SRN TAF SITES MAY BE STARTING TO
IMPROVE AS THE FOG/STRATUS BANK MAY BE BEGINNING TO MOVE.  NONE OF
THE COMPUTER MODELS SEEMINGLY HANDLED THE LIFR/IFR CONDITIONS VERY
WELL AT ALL.

REGARDLESS, AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILD INTO THE REGION AND WITH STRONG
SUMMER SUN, EXPECT EVERYONE TO BE VFR LATER THIS MORNING. THEN VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY. HOWEVER, WITH THE
HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE REGION, THERE COULD BE SOME AFTERNOON
HAZE OR LATE NIGHT FOG THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES.  ALSO, THERE
COULD BE SOME ISOLATED DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS.  A CDFNT WILL APPROACH
THE AREA LATE TUESDAY OR EARLY WEDNESDAY, AND THERE COULD BE A
BETTER CHANCE OF TSTMS AT THAT TIME.

&&

.MARINE...
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A FOG/STRATUS BANK MAINLY OVER THE SRN
COASTAL WATERS AND LWR DEL BAY EARLY THIS MORNING, WITH HIGHER DEW
POINT AIR ADVECTING IN.  EXPECT ANY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO END
LATER THIS MORNING AS STRONG SUN MOVES OVER THE REGION.

OTHERWISE, A STRONG BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTROL THE
WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  EXPECT TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WITH NO
FLAGS EXPECTED THRU AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING.  A LONGER SLY FETCH
AND APPROACHING CDFNT MAY INCREASE SEAS LATER TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY, BUT ATTM IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA
CRITERIA.

&&

.CLIMATE...
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. BELOW ARE THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR
SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

LOCATION             SATURDAY        SUNDAY        MONDAY

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ    96 /1999/       98 /1999/     96 /1984/
PHILADELPHIA, PA     98 /1925/       95 /1999/     98 /1933/
WILMINGTON, DE       98 /1899/       98 /1914/     96 /1984/
ALLENTOWN, PA        98 /1925/       94 /1984/     98 /1933/
TRENTON, NJ          99 /1925/       98 /1899/     99 /1933/
GEORGETOWN, DE       90 /1986/       94 /2007/     96 /1959/
MOUNT POCONO, PA     86 /1984/       88 /1999/     92 /1933/
READING, PA          97 /1925/       95 /2005/     98 /1933/
                                        /1984/

&&

.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PAZ060>062.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH SUNDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR PAZ060>062.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SUNDAY
     FOR PAZ067>071.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MONDAY AND TUESDAY PAZ067>071.
NJ...HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR NJZ007>010-
     012-013-016-020.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH SUNDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR
     NJZ007>010-012-013-016-020.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SUNDAY
     FOR NJZ015-017>019.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR NJZ015-017>019.
DE...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SUNDAY
     FOR DEZ001.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH SUNDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR DEZ001.
MD...HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MDZ008.
     EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH SUNDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR MDZ008.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...STAUBER
NEAR TERM...STAUBER
SHORT TERM...STAUBER
LONG TERM.../
AVIATION...NIERENBERG
MARINE...NIERENBERG
CLIMATE...GORSE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 1:34 AM EST, 7 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
234 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ067>071-080645-
NEW CASTLE-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
234 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT
SUNDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.
   EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ008-NJZ007>010-012-013-016-020-PAZ060>062-080645-
CECIL-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
SALEM-OCEAN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
234 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EAST
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-014-021>027-PAZ054-055-080645-
KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-
234 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN
DELAWARE...EASTERN MARYLAND...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL COVER THE REGION TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX
VALUES REACH 100 TO 104.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH HEAT INDEX
VALUES CONTINUING TO REACH 100 TO 104 EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-431-450>455-080645-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
234 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:28 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-071230-
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
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...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
628 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING...

AREAS OF FOG HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING AND VISIBILITIES HAVE
BEEN REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE IN MANY LOCATIONS. IF YOU ARE
TRAVELING THIS MORNING AND ENCOUNTER FOG, PLEASE SLOW DOWN, USE
YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN YOURSELF
AND OTHER VEHICLES.

THE FOG SHOULD LIFT AND VISIBILITIES WILL START TO IMPROVE IN A
FEW HOURS AS DAYTIME HEATING CAUSES TEMPERATURES TO RISE OVER THE REGION.

NIERENBERG

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

21 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Camden

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Camden forecast zone
Injuries: 10 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Cumberland

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Cumberland forecast zone
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.328, -75.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Gloucester

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Gloucester forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Hunterdon

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Hunterdon forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Mercer

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Mercer forecast zone
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.283, -74.702 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Middlesex

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Middlesex forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Morris

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Morris forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Northwestern Burlington

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Northwestern Burlington forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Salem

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Salem forecast zone
Injuries: 8 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Somerset

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Somerset forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Southeastern Burlington

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Southeastern Burlington forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Sussex

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Sussex forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Warren

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Western Atlantic

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Western Atlantic forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Western Cape May

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Western Cape May forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Western Monmouth

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Western Monmouth forecast zone
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Western Ocean

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 10, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Western Ocean forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Eastern Ocean

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 9, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Ocean forecast zone
Injuries: 20 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Eastern Monmouth

When: June 7, 9:00 AM EST to June 9, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Eastern Atlantic

When: June 9, 9:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Atlantic forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive Heat, Eastern Cape May

When: June 9, 9:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Cape May forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Excessive Heat, Warren	2008-06-08	34	Male	In Water	Indirect

What these are

Excessive Heat: Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Jersey in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, June 2008

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 114278, 114279, 114280, 114281, 114282, 114283, 114284, 114285, 114286, 114287, 114288, 114289, 114290, 114291, 114292, 114293, 114294, 114297, 114298, 114295, 114296.