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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TEST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9999...TEST

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2012



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

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA



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



THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 0 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE

POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG

AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES

SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA TO 35 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF GARRISON NORTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF

THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU9).



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... THIS IS A TEST



 TEST ONLY



AVIATION...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.





...CARBIN/GROSSHANS

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