[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 07/17/2002 16:37:04

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2002

...HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER...AND PERHAPS 
MIDDLE 90S ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...
HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 90S.

ON THURSDAY TRY TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE 
HOTTEST TIME OF DAY...THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  REMEMBER TO 
CHECK ON THE ELDERLY BEING THAT THEY ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT 
RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BRING SOME RELIEF LATE ON THURSDAY.  
A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO BEGIN DROPPING INTO THE REGION FROM THE 
NORTH ON FRIDAY.  THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A GRADUAL END TO 
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY DURING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.  YOU CAN 
ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING 
ADDRESS...WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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