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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9998...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 PM MST WED MAR 7 2012



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

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 125 PM UNTIL 200 PM MST.



HAIL TO 0.5 INCH 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 45 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTH

OF RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO SOUTH

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...----- TEST -----



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EDWARDS

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