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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 24 2019



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 IS A TEST WATCH IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER

AWARENESS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS IS ONLY A TEST.



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 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS 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 999 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 999 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 999. Mean

storm motion vector 99999.



...Marsh

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