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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1150 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2016

...DEVELOPING HEAT WAVE WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
   BEGINNING THURSDAY...

.THE PATTERN FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FAVORS NEAR RECORD
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES AND RATHER WARM NIGHTS FOR EARLY
SEPTEMBER, ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN CENTERS.

DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ070-071-102-104-106-080500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.HT.Y.0009.160908T1600Z-160908T2200Z/
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
1150 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 102 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
  90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.

* TIMING...HEAT INDICES OF 100 DEGREES SHOULD BE REACHED FOR A
  COUPLE OF HOURS THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN MOST OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR
  FROM WILMINGTON TO TRENTON.

* IMPACTS...WHILE A MORE SEASONAL MID SUMMER HOT SPELL IS DEVELOPING,
  THIS EARLY SEPTEMBER HEAT IS LIKELY TO ADVERSELY IMPACT THOSE
  LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN BUILDINGS THAT DO NOT HAVE AIR
  CONDITIONING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A 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.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES 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.

&&

$$

DRAG


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