[WIham] Fwd: SKYWARN: Statewide Tornado Drill

[Mark Thompson via WIham]

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From: Milw Area Skywarn Assoc <cwa at mke-skywarn.org>
To: cwa at mke-skywarn.org; masa-wi at mke-skywarn.org 
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:51 PM
Subject: SKYWARN: Statewide Tornado Drill
 



PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
139 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...TORNADO
TEST DRILL REMAINS ON SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY...

AS PART OF TORNADO
AND SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN
WISCONSIN...A TEST TORNADO WATCH
AND TORNADO WARNING DRILL IS
SCHEDULED FOR EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...APRIL 24TH.

WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER
WISCONSIN DURING MUCH OF
THURSDAY WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.
HOWEVER...NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

AFTER COORDINATION
WITH WISCONSIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AS WELL
AS THE WISCONSIN
BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION AND THE EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS BOARD...THE
TEST TORNADO WATCH AND TORNADO WARNING
WILL PROCEED AS SCHEDULED ON
THURSDAY.

THE TEST TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL OF
WISCONSIN AT 1 PM
CDT THURSDAY. THE TEST TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED
FOR ALL OF
WISCONSIN AT 145 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE TORNADO WATCH AND
WARNING
TEST WILL CONCLUDE AT 2 PM CDT.

DURING THE
DRILL...THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME FOR BUSINESSES...SCHOOLS...
HOSPITALS
AND FAMILIES TO PRACTICE THEIR SAFE PROCEDURES FOR
SEVERE WEATHER.

$$
KAVINSKY


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