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WWUS20 KWNS 281459

SEL9

SPC WW 281459

SDZ000-281600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

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

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010



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

 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH DAKOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 950 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF BROOKINGS SOUTH

DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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

WATCH...TEST...TEST...TEST



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...GUYER/IMY

