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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9999...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

100 PM CDT THU APR 24 2008



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

 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       ALL OF WISCONSIN

       LAKE MICHIGAN

       LAKE SUPERIOR



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 100 PM UNTIL 200 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 170

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST OF

RHINELANDER WISCONSIN TO 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LA CROSSE

WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 FOR STATE OF WISCONSIN SEVERE WEATHER

AWARENESS...



...THIS IS ONLY A TEST...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...CARBIN

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