[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 6/26/2010 3:37:06 PM

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NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
336 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010

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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
336 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM EDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
8 PM EDT MONDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THE COMBINATION OF NEAR RECORD HEAT AND INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL
RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR A FEW
HOURS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL REACH INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S...AS THE
HUMIDITY INCREASES. THE COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN THE HEAT INDEX
CLIMBING TO BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES IN THE URBANIZED AREAS FOR
AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HOURS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

MUGGY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
LOW TEMPERATURES MAY ONLY FALL OFF INTO THE UPPER 70S IN MOST
URBANIZED AREAS. HIGHS MONDAY WILL REACH INTO THE MID 90S...WITH
HIGHER HUMIDITY THAN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PUSH INDEX VALUES
TO BETWEEN 98 AND 103 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY
MORNING...BRINGING A BREAK IN THE HEAT. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND
DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE AND END OF NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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