Expires:201001220000;Remove:201001220000;068051 WFUS55 KPSR 212314 TORPSR AZC012-CAC025-065-220000- /O.NEW.KPSR.TO.W.0001.100121T2314Z-100122T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 314 PM PST THU JAN 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN IMPERIAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA... SOUTHEASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... SOUTHWESTERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA... * UNTIL 400 PM PST/500 PM MST/ * AT 306 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AS WELL AS DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. METEOROLOGISTS ALSO DETECTED AT LEAST TWO AREAS WHERE SHORT LIVED TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP...ONE AT ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BLYTHE AIRPORT AND A SECOND MAINLY OVER OPEN COUNTY...OVER FAR EXTREME NORTHEAST IMPERIAL COUNTY. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CIBOLA...NICHOLLS WARM SPRINGS...RIPLEY AND BLYTHE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT...OR 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM PST THURSDAY EVENING/1000 PM MST THURSDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. && LAT...LON 3375 11492 3364 11448 3290 11478 3299 11521 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 254DEG 35KT 3335 11488 $$ WANEK/GREEN