[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 07/18/2002 15:28:12

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NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2002

DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ067>071-190200-
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 INTO FRIDAY FOR HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS...

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S ON FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON.  WITH VERY HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...HEAT INDEX VALUES 
SHOULD TOP OUT NEAR 100.  MEANWHILE...OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES SHOULD 
ONLY DROP INTO THE 70S.  AS A RESULT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING INTO FRIDAY FOR HIGHLY 
URBANIZED AREAS.

THE WARNING INCLUDES THE HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS IN AND AROUND 
PHILADELPHIA...CAMDEN...WILMINGTON AND TRENTON.

WHILE THE WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE OUTER SUBURBS...HEAT INDEX 
VALUES THERE SHOULD RISE WELL INTO THE 90S ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO BEGIN DROPPING INTO THE REGION FROM THE 
NORTH ON FRIDAY NIGHT.  THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN END TO THE 
EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOR THE WEEKEND.

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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