[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 7/15/2012 3:24:41 AM

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WWUS71 KPHI 150723
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
323 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO RETURN EARLY THIS COMING WEEK...

.BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUMP INCREASINGLY WARM AND HUMID AIR
IN THE REGION BEGINNING TODAY...WITH HOTTEST TEMPERATURES SLATED
FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES ARE
EXPECTED MONDAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOONS BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES.

LOW TEMPERATURES LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT WILL
GENERALLY BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.

A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BRING SUBSTANTIAL
RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ067>071-152100-
/O.CON.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
323 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

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

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...HOVERING NEAR 100 DEGREES MONDAY AFTERNOON 
  WILL PROBABLY BE A BIT WORSE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 
  WHEN VALUES COULD REACH 105 FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. LOW 
  TEMPERATURES EARLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS SHOULD BE 
  NEAR 80 IN THE HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS...ESPECIALLY 
  PHILADELPHIA.

* TIMING...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY START MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
  THE WORST CONDITIONS TUESDAY OR 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. CARS HEAT UP EXCEEDINGLY FAST.
  CHECK TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS LOCKED IN AN NON AIR CONDITIONED
  VEHICLE.

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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