[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 8/8/2009 1:35:59 PM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
135 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2009

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NEW CASTLE-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
135 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2009

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

AN UNSEASONABLY HOT AIR MASS WILL START ARRIVING IN THE REGION
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE LOWER 90S.
THEN THE HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR SO FAR WILL OCCUR
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ON TUESDAY.
COMBINED WITH A VERY HUMID AIR MASS THE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
SHOULD REACH AROUND 105 ON MONDAY AND AROUND 100 ON TUESDAY.
NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO FALL INTO THE 7OS ON BOTH
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SHOULD MAKE WEDNESDAY A LESS HUMID AND
SLIGHTLY COOLER DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS THE FIRST EXCESSIVE HEAT EVENT OF THIS SUMMER AND
EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ONCE THE HEAT
ARRIVES.  

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON THE ELDERLY, RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. PLEASE TRY TO FINISH ANY
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES BEFORE THE HEAT ARRIVES AND THEN ONLY DO THEM
IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY DURING THE COOLEST PART OF THE DAY.  

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STAUBER/GIGI