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WFUS55 KTWC 060216
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AZC003-060300-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
716 PM MST WED AUG 5 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 800 PM MST.
* AT 716 PM MST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SIERRA VISTA, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SIERRA VISTA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 319 AND 336. ROUTE 80 NEAR MILE MARKER
333. ROUTE 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 322 AND 327.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A
VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3163 11009 3149 11000 3146 11027 3161 11029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 65DEG 5KT 3155 11015
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
GEL
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