BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
215 PM MST MON JUL 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 300 PM MST
* AT 208 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
EAST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WUPATKI
VISITOR CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN COCONINO COUNTY AT 230 PM MST
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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