[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 7/3/2012 3:48:42 AM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
347 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012


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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
347 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO NEAR 101 EACH AFTERNOON DUE TO
  AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S WEDNESDAY AND
  THURSDAY...WITH LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN PORTIONS OF THE URBAN
  CENTERS IN THE 74 TO 78 DEGREE RANGE.

* DURATION...IT APPEARS EVEN HOTTER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY
  SATURDAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE MAY SOAR TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. 

* THE HEAT WAVE FROM THE PHILADELPHIA AREA THROUGH WILMINGTON
  WHICH WAS ALREADY 5 DAYS...MAY EXTEND TO 10 DAYS...BARRING ANY
  MIDDAY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

* IMPACTS...THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF THE HEAT ARE A DANGER...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY...INFIRM AND VERY YOUNG THAT DO NOT
  HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

* RELIEF...SUBSTANTIAL RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS NOT ANTICIPATED 
  BEFORE THIS COMING SUNDAY OR MONDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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DRAG