Expires:201208212015;Remove:201208212015;477229 WFUS55 KLKN 211940 TORLKN NVC011-033-212015- /O.NEW.KLKN.TO.W.0001.120821T1940Z-120821T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1240 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEVADA... SOUTHEASTERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PINTO SUMMIT... * UNTIL 115 PM PDT * AT 1236 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PINTO SUMMIT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PINTO SUMMIT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 3950 11581 3937 11574 3932 11604 3944 11613 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 255DEG 16KT 3941 11597 $$ TURNER