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WWUS20 KWNS 191751

SEL1

SPC WW 191751

MNZ000-LSZ000-191900-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9991...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012



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

 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MINNESOTA

       LAKE SUPERIOR



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1250 PM UNTIL 200 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 0 MPH...AND DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST

OF FAIRMONT MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 WATCH..



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 0000.





...PETERS

