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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
329 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT WILL IMPACT THE REGION...

.OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...STRETCHING EAST FROM THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND MIDWEST REGION...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS
OUR AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND POTENTIALLY RIGHT INTO
THE WEEKEND.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 8 PM
EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
8 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 105 DEGREES THURSDAY...NEAR 110
DEGREES FRIDAY...AND BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES SATURDAY.

* TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON.
RIGHT NOW...THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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.