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WWUS20 KWNS 151609

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SPC WW 151609

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9991...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

ISSUED BY 15TH OWS SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IL

1010 AM MDT THU MAR 15 2012



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

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1010 AM UNTIL 1100 AM MDT.



HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG

AND 35 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON NORTH DAKOTA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

DICKINSON NORTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



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 300. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24035.





...15_OWS

