Tuesday, June 7, 2011

June 7- Excessive Heat Warning- Philadelphia, PA



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

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 THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN
  DELAWARE AND WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY INCLUDING TRENTON...
  PHILADELPHIA...CAMDEN AND WILMINGTON.

* HAZARDS...EARLY SEASON HEATWAVE...WITH THE MOST DANGEROUS
  CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A VERY HOT
  AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO SWELL INTO THE MID
  AND UPPER 90S AND CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN
  HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 100.

* IMPACTS...THE ELDERLY...THE INFIRM...CHILDREN AND PETS ARE AT
  GREATEST RISK...ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE IS NO AIR CONDITIONING.
  THIS AFFECTS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS. SLEEPING CAN BE DISRUPTED WHERE AIR
  CONDITIONING IS NOT AVAILABLE.

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