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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
304 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016

...ANOTHER HEAT WAVE EXPECTED LATE THIS WEEK...


DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ070-071-102-104-106-100815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.EH.A.0004.160811T1600Z-160813T2200Z/
NEW CASTLE-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-
LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...NORRISTOWN...
LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
304 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016

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

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

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...NEAR 100 DEGREES ON THURSDAY DUE TO
  TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S AND DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S.
  FRIDAY AND SATURDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD BE AS HIGH AS 106 DUE
  TO TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S.

* TIMING...THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE DURING THE MID TO
  LATE AFTERNOON EACH DAY...ALTHOUGH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH
  DAY COULD BRING SOME TEMPORARY RELIEF DURING THESE HOURS.

* IMPACTS...THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR HEAT RELATED HEALTH
  ISSUES ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR
  OUTDOORS FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME.

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.

&&

$$

SFJ


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