Excessive Heat Watch 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
328 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 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
328 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR THE HIGHLY URBANIZED PORTIONS OF THE
DELAWARE VALLEY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE HIGHLY URBANIZED PORTIONS OF THE DELAWARE
VALLEY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO AROUND 100 EACH AFTERNOON DUE TO
  AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, WITH
  HEAT INDICES ONLY DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 70S ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
  ON MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S.

* DURATION...IT APPEARS THAT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
  MAY BE EQUALLY UNCOMFORTABLE AND THAT EVEN HOTTER CONDITIONS ARE
  POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE MAY SOAR TO NEAR 100
  DEGREES. SUNDAY MAY BE COOLER, BUT STILL MAY TOP OUT ABOVE 90
  DEGREES.

* 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.

* THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT
  PHILADELPHIA AND WILMINGTON HAD REACHED SIX DAYS AS OF TODAY
  (TUESDAY). THE RECORD AT PHILADELPHIA IS 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS,
  WHICH WAS SET IN 1988. THE RECORD AT WILMINGTON IS 16
  CONSECUTIVE DAYS, WHICH WAS SET IN 1895. IT PRESENTLY APPEARS
  THIS PERIOD MAY LAST 11 CONSECUTIVE DAYS, AND END ON MONDAY.

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.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT PETS HAVE ACCESS TO PLENTY OF COOL WATER AND
A SHADED AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. THE MOST HUMANE THING TO DO IS
TO BRING THEM INTO AN AIR CONDITIONED PLACE.

PLEASE NEVER LEAVE ANY PERSON OR ANIMAL IN A PARKED VEHICLE FOR
ANY LENGTH OF TIME. 

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