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WWUS20 KWNS 251500

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SPC WW 251500

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9001...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007



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

 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH DAKOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1005 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAPID

CITY SOUTH DAKOTA TO 20 MILES EAST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA.

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 FOR SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS

WEEK IN SOUTH DAKOTA.



...THIS IS A TEST...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...MCCARTHY

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