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WWUS20 KWNS 091600

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IDZ000-ORZ000-WAZ000-CWZ000-091700-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9004...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

900 AM PDT WED MAY 9 2007



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

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN IDAHO

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL OREGON

       WASHINGTON

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 900 AM UNTIL 1000 AM PDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG

AND 200 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES

NORTHEAST OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON TO 130 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNS

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 FOR SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS

WEEK.



TEST WATCHES ARE ISSUED WITH NUMBERS OF 9000 OR ABOVE.  THIS IS TO

TEST SYSTEMS AND PREPAREDNESS IN CASE OF ACTUAL SEVERE WEATHER

SITUATIONS.



AGAIN...THIS IS A TEST WATCH.



AVIATION...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 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 20035.





...MCCARTHY

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