[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 6/18/2012 3:27:01 PM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
326 PM EDT MON JUN 18 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
326 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM
EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY
TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...IN AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM TRENTON
  TO THE PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA TO WILMINGTON DELAWARE.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...98 UP TO 103 DEGREES DUE TO AFTERNOON
  TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...AND MID AFTERNOON
  DEWPOINTS RANGING BETWEEN 65 AND 70.

* OVERNIGHT LOWS...IN THE URBAN CENTERS 75 TO 80 DEGREES BOTH
  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS.

* RELIEF...SIGNIFICANT RELIEF ARRIVES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE WORST IMPACTS WOULD BE FELT BY THOSE WHO LIVE 
  AND/OR WORK IN URBAN AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. 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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