BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1216 PM MST WED OCT 6 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEDONA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM MST
* AT 1211 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BIG PARK... OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MUNDS PARK AND INTERSTATE 17 BETWEEN MILEPOST 315 AND 325.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA.