WATCHES: Test...severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 9004...test

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TEST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9004...TEST
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
900 AM PDT WED MAY 9 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A...TEST...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN IDAHO
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OREGON
WASHINGTON
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 900 AM UNTIL 1000 AM PDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG
AND 200 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON TO 130 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNS
OREGON. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 WATCH FOR SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS
WEEK.

TEST WATCHES ARE ISSUED WITH NUMBERS OF 9000 OR ABOVE. THIS IS TO
TEST SYSTEMS AND PREPAREDNESS IN CASE OF ACTUAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATIONS.

AGAIN...THIS IS A TEST WATCH.

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 600. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 20035.

..MCCARTHY

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