[PHX-Skywarn] Tornados in Az.

[phx-skywarn@mailman.qth.net]

I just got this from the NWS office in Flagstaff.
While I've seen funnel clouds in Az, (Before I was a ham and before I
knew about SkyWarn)
I didn't know we actually got tornados in Arizona.

Lee Levine KD7ETH / NNN0VNE

WFUS55 KFGZ 171904
TORFGZ
AZC005-017-171930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1202 PM MST TUE JUN 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
  WEST CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINSLOW

* UNTIL 1230 PM MST

* AT 1159 AM MST...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER
  NEAR MILE MARKER 250 JUST SOUTH INTERSTATE 40.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL WESTERN NAVAJO COUNTY AT 1220 PM MST

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3511 11078 3493 11079 3490 11050 3511 11050