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WWUS20 KWNS 241501

SEL9

SPC WW 241501

IAZ000-NEZ000-241600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9999...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016



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



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  IOWA

  NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1005 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...





SUMMARY...THIS IS A TEST WATCH.  THERE IS NO THREAT OF SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA TO 50 MILES EAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.THIS IS A TEST...THIS IS A TEST...



&&



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 24035.





...SPC

