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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 999...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

955 AM CDT WED APR 7 2010



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

 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       IOWA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 955 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 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 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 IOWA SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK.



THIS IS ONLY A TEST!!!



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...CARBIN

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