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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9995...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

ISSUED BY 15TH OWS SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IL

755 AM MDT THU OCT 24 2013



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



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEASTERN MONTANA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 755 AM UNTIL 900 AM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG

AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF GLASGOW MONTANA TO 60 MILES EAST OF WOLF POINT

MONTANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



DISCUSSION...THIS IS A TEST WATCH ISSUED BY THE 15TH OPERATIONAL

WEATHER SQUADRON, SCOTT AFB, IL.  NO ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED. THIS TEST

WATCH IS ISSUED AS PART OF A QUARTERLY BACKUP TEST.  PLEASE CONTACT

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER WITH ANY QUESTIONS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24035.





...15_OWS

