2024 New Jersey Wildfire Season: Tea Time Hill Wildfire, July 6th update #2

Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
255 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

DEZ001-NJZ010-012-015>019-PAZ070-071-104-106-070000-
/O.CON.KPHI.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240707T0000Z/
New Castle-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Delaware-Philadelphia-Eastern Montgomery-
Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Pennsville, Doylestown, Norristown, New
Brunswick, Camden, Mount Holly, Morrisville, Lansdale,
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Glassboro, Moorestown, Trenton, Cherry
Hill, Media, and Somerville
255 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 106.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Delaware, central, northern, and
  southern New Jersey, and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
  extreme heat and high humidity events.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.

&&

Here is the July 6th, 4 PM update on the Tea Time Hill Wildfire from the NJ Forest Fire Service. The fire has burned 4,000 acres and the containment has increased slightly to 65 percent. Some trails and roads remain closed in Wharton State Forest. A helicopter with a 300 gallon bucket continues to work the fire in support of the ground crews. A comment, as noted above, there is an excessive heat warning in central and southern New Jersey until 8 PM and temperatures as I write this are 98F at McQuire Air Force Base, several miles from the fire. The nearest NWS reporting station to the fire is out of commission as I write this. 

I will post an update when the status of the Tea Time Hill Wildfire changes.