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WWUS20 KWNS 121759

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SPC WW 121759

MNZ000-WIZ000-LMZ000-LSZ000-121900-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...Tornado Watch Number 9998...TEST

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1245 PM CDT Thu Apr 12 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a...TEST...



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Minnesota

  Wisconsin

  Lake Michigan

  Lake Superior



* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 1245 PM until 200 PM

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...





SUMMARY...This test Tornado Watch is issued as part of Severe

Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota and Wisconsin.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG and 90 STATUTE

MILES NORTH and SOUTH OF A LINE from 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

DETROIT LAKES MINNESOTA TO 35 MILES EAST OF OSHKOSH WISCONSIN.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch

area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for

threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements

and possible warnings.



&&



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 00 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 000. Mean

storm motion vector 00000.



...Bunting

