[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 08/18/2002 16:27:40

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
426 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2002

DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ067>071-182115-
BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-MERCER NJ-
MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR URBANIZED AREAS HAS EXPIRED...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF THE DELAWARE 
VALLEY HAS EXPIRED. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION 
OVERNIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS 
HUMID AIR INTO THE LOWER DELAWARE VALLEY FOR MONDAY...BUT IT SHOULD 
BE ENOUGH TO KEEP HEAT INDICES FROM REACHING THE 100 DEGREE MARK IN 
URBAN AREAS.  

IT WILL STILL BE FAIRLY HOT AND HUMID ON MONDAY...SO PEOPLE SHOULD 
STILL PRACTICE COMMON SENSE IN DEALING WITH THE WEATHER. AIR 
CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS WILL STILL PROVIDE THE MOST COMFORT...
PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE VERY YOUNG...THE ELDERLY AND THE 
INFIRM...AND MAKE SURE YOUR PETS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS HAVE ACCESS TO 
WELL VENTILATED AREAS...SHADE AND PLENTY OF COOL WATER. 

IN THE EVENT THAT MONDAY ENDS UP BEING HOTTER AND MORE HUMID THAN 
PRESENTLY ANTICIPATED...AN URBAN HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE REISSUED. 

IT NOW APPEARS THAT A SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE 
REGION MONDAY NIGHT...AND AFTER THAT TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY 
LEVELS SHOULD DROP TO NORMAL LEVELS. 

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MPD