BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
103 PM MST TUE JUN 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA…
* UNTIL 130 PM MST
* AT 102 PM MST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINLICHEE CHAPTER HOUSE…OR
31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHINLE…AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BURNSIDE…KINLICHEE CHAPTER HOUSE…NAZLINI…HUBBELL TRADING POST
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE…CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT…
GANADO AND SAWMILL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
STATE ROUTE 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 436 AND 466.
HIGHWAY 191 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 404 AND 426.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS…
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION…TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. HEAVY RAIN FLOODS ROADS QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.