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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

115 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a...TEST...



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Portions of Western North Dakota



* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 115 PM until 200 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...This is a Test Watch.



The TEST severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and

60 statute miles either side of a line from 50 miles north northwest

of Dickinson ND to 35 miles east of Garrison ND. 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.



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AVIATION...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.



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