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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

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

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

955 AM CDT Wed Apr 25 2018



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



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  South Dakota



* Effective this Wednesday morning from 955 AM until 1100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...





SUMMARY...This test Tornado Watch is part of the South Dakota

statewide drill for Severe Weather Awareness Week.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG and 90 STATUTE

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

CITY SOUTH DAKOTA TO 40 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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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 000. Mean

storm motion vector 00000.



...Bunting

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