Excessive Heat — Mercer, New Jersey

2016-05-26 · Mercer, New Jersey

Event narrative

A southwesterly flow produced the first 90-degree temperatures of the 2016 season on the 26th. These temperatures, in combination with high relative humidity, caused heat-related stress for more than a dozen middle school students from William Penn Middle School in Lower Makefield Township (Bucks County PA) while they were attending a Trenton Thunder baseball game at Arm and Hammer Park in Trenton. Many of these students started felling light-headed at the stadium, and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment for heat stroke. Other students were treated after they returned to their school during the early afternoon hours. The high temperature at Trenton on the 26th was 90 degrees.

Wider weather episode

A southwesterly flow produced the first 90-degree temperatures of the 2016 season on the 26th. These temperatures, in combination with high relative humidity, caused heat-related stress for more than a dozen middle school students from William Penn Middle School in Lower Makefield Township (Bucks County PA) while they were attending a Trenton Thunder baseball game at Arm and Hammer Park in Trenton. Many of these students started felling light-headed at the stadium, and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment for heat stroke. Other students were treated after they returned to their school during the early afternoon hours. The high temperature at Trenton on the 26th was 90 degrees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 626452. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.