[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 7/14/2012 3:39:50 AM

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NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
339 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012

...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK...

.BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUMP INCREASINGLY WARM AND HUMID AIR
IN THE REGION STARTING THIS WEEKEND...WITH HOTTEST TEMPERATURES
SLATED FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES
AND INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES TOPPING
100 DEGREES IN THE HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON.
HEAT INDEX VALUES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COULD REACH NEAR
105 DEGREES IN THE HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS
GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. 

A COLD FRONT SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE LATE WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WILL BRING RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY STARTING THURSDAY.

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/O.NEW.KPHI.EH.A.0008.120716T1600Z-120719T0100Z/
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
339 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

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

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 102 DEGREES MONDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING
  FROM TEMPERATURES NEAR 95 DEGREES AND DEW POINTS NEAR 70. HEAT
  INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES
  TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT LOWS MONDAY NIGHT AND
  TUESDAY NIGHT MAY NOT DROP LOWER THAN THE UPPER 70S IN THE
  HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS.

* TIMING...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO START MONDAY
  AFTERNOON... WITH THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES TUESDAY AND
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF THE HEAT ARE A DANGER 
  ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY...INFIRM...THE VERY YOUNG...AND 
  THOSE IN INNER CITY AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. 
  PETS ALSO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT.

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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