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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...Tornado Watch Number 9997...TEST

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

950 AM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a...TEST...



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  South Dakota



* Effective this Wednesday morning from 950 AM until 1100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...





SUMMARY...This is a test tornado watch in conjunction with Severe

Weather Awareness Week for the state of South Dakota.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG and 90 STATUTE

MILES NORTH and SOUTH OF A LINE from 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN

SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 161...this is a test...this

is a test...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 0 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 0. Mean

storm motion vector 00.



...Marsh

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