[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 07/30/2002 11:03:51

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WWUS71 KPHI 301511
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1104 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 2002

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012-013-015>023-027-PAZ067>071-
310000-
ATLANTIC NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-
CHESTER PA-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-
KENT MD-KENT DE-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS 
EVENING...

TEMPERATURES LATE THIS MORNING HAVE ALREADY RISEN TO AROUND 90 IN 
MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...AND WILL RISE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
MID AND UPPER 90S. A FEW SPOTS IN AND AROUND PHILADELPHIA AND IN THE 
NEW JERSEY PINE BARRENS MAY REACH 100.

THIS HEAT...COMBINED WITH THE HUMID AIR OVER THE REGION...WILL RAISE 
THE HEAT INDEX TO AROUND 105 OVER MOST OF THE WARNING AREA THIS 
AFTERNOON...AND TO BETWEEN 105 AND 110 OVER INTERIOR EXTREME 
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
CONTINUES THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THROUGH TODAY FOR THE 
PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA...INTERIOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW 
JERSEY...DELAWARE AND THE UPPER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.

A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION LATE TODAY WILL BRING 
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITIES FROM TONIGHT INTO 
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. 

PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED WORK IN SUN OR IN 
POORLY VENTILATED AREAS. ALSO...DRINK LOTS OF WATER OR OTHER 
NON-ALCOHOLIC AND DECAFFEINATED BEVERAGES...WEAR LIGHT-COLORED... 
LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...AND STAY IN AN 
AIR-CONDITIONED OR WELL VENTILATED ENVIRONMENT.

CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY 
THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS...OR IN 
EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE...CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO 
THESE CONDITIONS. FRIENDS...RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON 
PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$

GOODMAN


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