

570 

WWUS20 KWNS 251501

SEL2

SPC WW 251501

SDZ000-251600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9992...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A...TEST...

 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH DAKOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1005 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 0 MPH...AND DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF

BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



DISCUSSION...THIS IS A TEST WATCH FOR THE STATE OF SD



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME

TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 0 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 0. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 0000.





...PETERS

