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Excessive Heat Watch
Issued: 3:34 AM EDT Jul. 21, 2016 – National Weather Service
  ... Excessive heat watch in effect from Saturday morning through  Sunday afternoon...     The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued an  excessive heat watch... which is in effect from Saturday morning  through Sunday afternoon.    * Temperatures... highs each day will be in the mid and upper 90s.    * Heat index values... maximum heat index values are expected to    range from 100 to 105 degrees each afternoon.    * Outlook... Monday has the potential to be just as hot as Saturday    and Sunday. This watch may need to be extended as we get closer.    * Impacts... the excessive heat will create hazardous conditions.     The potential for heat related health issues will be high...      especially for the elderly and for those in poor health.    Precautionary/preparedness actions...     An excessive heat watch means that a prolonged period of hot  temperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and  high humidity will combine to create a dangerous 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.