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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

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

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

ISSUED BY 15TH OWS SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IL

215 PM MST WED FEB 22 2017



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



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST MONTANA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 215 PM UNTIL 300 PM

  MST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THIS IS A TEST WATCH. PLEASE DISREGARD.



TEST.



TEST.



THE TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG

AND 30 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF BROADUS MONTANA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

BROADUS MONTANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.THIS IS A TEST...THIS IS A TEST...



&&



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...15_OWS

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