...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 THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
June 7- Excessive Heat Warning- Philadelphia, PA
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