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WWUS20 KWNS 231359

SEL4

SPC WW 231359

MNZ000-LSZ000-231900-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9994...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

900 AM CDT THU APR 23 2009



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

 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MINNESOTA

       LAKE SUPERIOR



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 900 AM UNTIL

200 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES 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 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELY

MINNESOTA TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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... THIS IS A TEST



 THIS IS ONLY A TEST



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.





...CARBIN

