[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 8/9/2009 3:55:25 AM

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NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ067>071-092100-
/O.CON.KPHI.EH.A.0001.090810T1400Z-090812T0000Z/
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
355 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

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

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

HOT HUMID AIR WILL BUILD UP INTO OUR REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST
FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

ON MONDAY, TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE INTO THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 90S, WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 105
RANGE. TUESDAY SHOULD NOT BE AS HOT AS MONDAY. NEVERTHELESS,
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 90S ON TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100.

OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES SHOULD ONLY DROP INTO THE 70S FOR TONIGHT
AND MONDAY NIGHT, NOT PROVIDING MUCH RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH OUR REGION LATE ON
TUESDAY, BRINGING AN END TO THE SPELL OF EXCESSIVE HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. IF POSSIBLE...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND
CHECK ON THE ELDERLY. AVOID STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES DURING THE HEAT
OF THE DAY.

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