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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9998...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012



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

 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       IOWA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1005 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 0 MPH...AND DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

DENISON IOWA TO 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



DISCUSSION...THIS IS A TEST TORNADO WATCH FOR IOWA SEVERE WEATHER

AWARENESS ACTIVITIES...THIS IS ONLY A TEST.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME

TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 0 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 0. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 0000.





...GUYER

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