[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 5/29/2011 3:21:58 PM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
321 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...THE FIRST HEAT WAVE OF THE SEASON IS LIKELY TO OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK ACROSS THE DELAWARE VALLEY...

.TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO SOAR INTO THE 90S MONDAY...TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR FROM TRENTON THROUGH PHILADELPHIA
AND WILMINGTON. DEWPOINTS FROM THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70 WILL CONTRIBUTE
TO THE DISCOMFORT THAT COULD BE LIFE THREATENING FOR THOSE WITHOUT
AIR CONDITIONING OR WHO WORK OUTSIDE DURING THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE
DAY.

DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ067>071-300900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.HT.Y.0001.110530T1600Z-110531T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.EH.A.0001.110531T1600Z-110602T0100Z/
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
321 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EDT MONDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EDT MONDAY. AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN
  DELAWARE AND WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY FROM TRENTON TO
  PHILADELPHIA...CAMDEN NEW JERSEY AND WILMINGTON DELAWARE. 

* HAZARDS...PERSISTENT EARLY SEASON HEAT...WITH THE MOST DANGEROUS
  CONDITIONS EACH AFTERNOON.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S.

* TIMING...BEGINS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN AND PETS ARE AT GREATEST RISK,
  ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE ISN'T ANY AIR CONDITIONING. THIS AFFECTS
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND
  SLEEPING CAN BE DISRUPTED WHERE AIR CONDITIONING IS NOT AVAILABLE.


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.

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 RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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