[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 6/27/2012 3:30:14 AM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
329 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...A PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT LOOKS TO ARRIVE LATER THIS WEEK...

.HIGH PRESSURE... SLIDING EASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS TOWARD THE
OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND... WILL PUSH A
HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THIS HOT AND
INCREASINGLY HUMID AIRMASS IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA
FRIDAY AND LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND... WITH HEAT INDICES
TOPPING OUT TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. MEANWHILE... A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY MAY STALL IN OUR VICINITY OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH COULD
RESULT IN SOME ISOLATED BUT BRIEF COOLING THUNDERSTORMS. BASED ON
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

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/O.CON.KPHI.EH.A.0003.120629T1600Z-120702T0000Z/
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
329 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 100 DEGREES DURING EACH AFTERNOON 
  OF FRIDAY... SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE 
  DEW POINTS MAY LOWER SOME ESPECIALLY FRIDAY... ALLOWING THE 
  HEAT INDEX VALUES TO BE REDUCED. 

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS EACH AFTERNOON OF FRIDAY... SATURDAY AND 
  SUNDAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. 

* IMPACTS...THE WORST WOULD BE FELT BY THOSE WHO LIVE AND/OR 
  WORK IN THE URBAN AREAS. THOSE WHO ARE AT A GREATER RISK 
  INCLUDE THE ELDERLY... THE INFIRM... CHILDREN AND ANYONE 
  WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. 

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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