Category: Breaking News

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110.

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

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Wednesday.

* 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.

Bucks County will have the following COOLING SHELTERS open Monday-Thursday from 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m, this week due to the extreme heat. PA211 has a lot of great resources including a state wide map for cooling stations: https://www.pa211.org/get-help/housing-shelter/extreme-heat-cooling-programs/

In Philadelphia you can use this link to find a cooling station: https://phl.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0afe8e198cd84da6a51ca4af027a7056

Lower Bucks County Cooling Stations

Morrisville Senior Service Center
31 E. Cleveland Avenue
Morrisville, PA 19067
215-295-0567

YMCA of Bucks County – Fairless Hills Branch
601 S. Oxford Valley Road
Fairless Hills, PA 19030
215-949-3400

Bristol Borough Senior Center
301 Wood Street
Bristol, PA 19007
215-788-9238

Bristol Township Senior Center
2501 Bath Rd.
Bristol, PA 19007

Bensalem Senior Citizens Center
1850 Byberry road.
Bensalem PA 19020
215-638-7720

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

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 108.

* WHERE...In Delaware, New Castle County. In New Jersey, Mercer, Camden, Gloucester, Northwestern Burlington, and Salem Counties. In Pennsylvania, Delaware, Eastern Montgomery, Lower Bucks, and Philadelphia Counties.

* 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.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EDT
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 103. For the
  Excessive Heat Warning, dangerously hot conditions with heat index
  values up to 107 expected.

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

* WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, until 6 AM EDT Sunday. For the
  Excessive Heat Warning, from 6 AM to 8 PM EDT Sunday.

* 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.

Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car
interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.

THE AMS has received hundreds of reports of a meteor and fireball around same time the storms moving in. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2024/1923

We believe the loud bangs were cause by Rapid cooling in the atmosphere causes warm air to crash – crashing warm and cold air in a rapid intensifying cold front causes boom like sounds.

That sound you heard was a ‘COOL’ weather phenomenon also called a cold boom. 

Now have you ever heard of a “cold boom”?  Technically known as a cryoseismic boom.  The boom sound is created by a cryoseism, which is a mini explosion caused by the rapid expansion of frozen water. While considered harmless, these cryoseismic booms certainly caused a stir waking several people from their slumber

Special weather alert

A gust front will impact portions of New Castle, northern Salem, Camden, southwestern Mercer, Gloucester, Burlington, southeastern Montgomery, southeastern Bucks, Chester, Philadelphia and Delaware Counties through 945 PM EDT…

At 903 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a gust front over Radnor Township, or 11 miles west of Philadelphia, moving southeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM PENNDOT:

 Philadelphia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that northbound Interstate 95 will be closed and detoured approaching the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue Interchange beginning at 9:00 PM tonight, April 1, for overhead bridge repair following an oversized vehicle strike of a Conrail bridge in Northeast Philadelphia. 

A section of the bridge over the northbound lanes on I-95 was struck by an oversized vehicle around 1:30 PM today. I-95 North approaching the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue Interchange was reduced to a single lane for several hours while Conrail bridge engineers conducted their inspection to establish an emergency repair plan.

Beginning at 9:00 PM tonight, northbound I-95 travelers will be directed to use the Betsy Ross/Aramingo Avenue Interchange (Exit 26), turn right on Aramingo Avenue, and turn right onto Adams Avenue to access the ramp to I-95 North.

The ramp from Castor Avenue to northbound I-95 will also be closed and detoured during construction. Motorists will be directed to use Aramingo Avenue to access the ramp to I-95 North at Adams Avenue.

I-95 North will remain closed for several days approaching the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue Interchange while Conrail’s contractor performs the bridge repair.

Motorists are advised to avoid the closure areas because significant backups and delays will occur on I-95, the alternate routes and surface streets in the vicinity of the work area.

Electronic message boards on I-76, I-276, I-476, and other regional transportation arteries in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey are being used to alert motorists about the closure and provide information about alternate routes.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 

For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.

Original Story:
A portion of Interstate 95 northbound in Philadelphia’s Port Richmond section will be closed for several days after a truck hit an overheard bridge Monday afternoon.

According to PennDOT, northbound I-95 will be closed and detoured approaching the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue Interchange beginning at 9 p.m. Monday for bridge repairs.

PennDOT is advising drivers to avoid the closure areas and warns about the possibility of significant backups on I-95.

The ramp from Castor Avenue to northbound I-95 will also be closed and detoured during construction. Motorists will be directed to use Aramingo Avenue to access the ramp to I-95 North at Adams Avenue.