WATCHES: Test...severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 9995...test

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TEST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9995...TEST
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
ISSUED BY 15TH OWS SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IL
755 AM MDT THU OCT 24 2013

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN MONTANA

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 755 AM UNTIL 900 AM MDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG
AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF GLASGOW MONTANA TO 60 MILES EAST OF WOLF POINT
MONTANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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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DISCUSSION...THIS IS A TEST WATCH ISSUED BY THE 15TH OPERATIONAL
WEATHER SQUADRON, SCOTT AFB, IL. NO ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED. THIS TEST
WATCH IS ISSUED AS PART OF A QUARTERLY BACKUP TEST. PLEASE CONTACT
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 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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