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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9991

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

820 AM PDT FRI MAY 9 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WASHINGTON

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 820 AM UNTIL 900 AM PDT.



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

95

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST

OF HOQUIAM WASHINGTON TO 15 MILES EAST OF SPOKANE WASHINGTON.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE TEST 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 WATCH.



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 350. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24035.





...CARBIN

