7/1/15 @ 4:58  ****UPDATE – Mr. Harris has been located! ****

Thank you everyone for any and all assistance in this matter.

7/1/15 – Navajo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your assistance in locating Mr. Harold Harris. Mr. Harris is 78 years old with dementia and was last seen this morning at 8:30 leaving his home with his brown Chihuahua mix dog for a walk south of Walgreen’s area. Mr. Harris was wearing yellow shorts, dark blue shirt and a brown sweater. if you locate Mr. Harris please contact the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office at 928-524-4050 or call 911.

AT 210 PM MST…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR VERNON…OR 20 MILES EAST OF SHOW LOW…MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
VERNON…LAKE OF THE WOODS–PINETOP-LAKESIDE…BROWN CREEK CAMPGROUND…PINETOP COUNTRY CLUB…MCNARY AND LOS BURROS CAMPGROUND.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
STATE ROUTE 260 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 353 AND 356…AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 363 AND 365.
HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 349 AND 365.
STATE ROUTE 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 353 AND 357.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA…
SOUTH CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA…

* UNTIL 345 PM MST

* AT 312 PM MST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARRIZO AND MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CIBECUE AND ROUTE 12 SOUTHEAST OF CIBECUE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 302 AND 312.

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.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE STORMS…THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER…
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL…DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS…
AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER…PREFERABLY INTO A BASEMENT…OR AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.