[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 7/19/2011 6:03:57 AM

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NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
602 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...AN INTENSIFYING HEAT WAVE FOR THE TRENTON PHILADELPHIA WILMINGTON
URBAN CORRIDOR...

.THE BEGINNING OF WHAT PROMISES TO BE AROUND 100 DEGREE NEAR RECORD
HEAT BY FRIDAY IS GOING TO BEGIN WITH A HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON.

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NEW CASTLE-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
602 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...TRENTON TO PHILADELPHIA TO WILMINGTON DELAWARE AND
  THE NEARBY SUBURBS EITHER SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.

* HAZARDS...HEAT.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...99 TO 103 DEGREES FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...MOST LIKELY TIME 2 PM TO 5 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WOULD
  PROVIDE VERY BRIEF COOLING.

* IMPACTS...COULD CAUSE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES FOR THOSE WHO
  EXERCISE STRENUOUSLY IN THE HOT SUN OR ARE INSIDE NON AIR
  CONDITIONED BUILDINGS AND CARS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A 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 RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITY TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

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