[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 06/25/2002 04:41:49

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
430 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-MERCER NJ-
MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR THE HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY. A HEAT WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH 
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO MAKE IT 
FEEL LIKE IT IS 100 DEGREES IN URBAN AREAS.

THE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL BE AROUND 90 DEGREES 
WITH THE HUMIDITY FROM 45 TO 55 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH WARM AND HUMID IT 
WILL NOT FEEL THAT OPPRESSIVE TODAY. ON WEDNESDAY HOWEVER...AS THE 
A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA...THE TEMPERATURES WILL REACH
FROM 90 TO 95 DEGREES. MOST NOTICEABLE WILL BE THE HUMIDITY WHICH 
WILL RANGE FROM 55 TO 65 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO WILL 
MAKE IT FEEL MUCH HOTTER AND CERTAINLY MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. 

YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK ON THE SICK AND ELDERLY TODAY TO INSURE THAT
THEY CAN COPE WITH THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS TOMORROW. REMEMBER TO 
MAKE PROVISIONS FOR PETS...WHO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT AND 
HUMIDITY. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET 
AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE NOAA HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTERS HOME PAGE WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV  AND CLICK ON 
HEAT INDEX COLUMN AND GET SITE SPECIFIC DATA NOT ONLY FOR THIS AREA 
BUT THE ENTIRE NATION. 

EBERWINE


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