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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART ONE OF TWO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
600 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

...SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK...

...TORNADO DRILL SCHEDULE - WISCONSIN POSTPONED TO FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WISCONSIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...
THE MINNESOTA DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT...AND OTHER STATE...COUNTY AND LOCAL AGENCIES...
HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING AWARENESS ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK.
THE HIGHLIGHT IS A TORNADO DRILL.  THE DRILL WILL
TEST THE STATEWIDE WARNING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.


MINNESOTA SCHEDULE TODAY...THURSDAY APRIL 18

100 PM  - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE A SIMULATED
          TORNADO WATCH FOR MINNESOTA VIA THE SPECIAL WEATHER
          STATEMENT.

145 PM  - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE A SIMULATED
          TORNADO WARNING FOR MINNESOTA.  NOTE THAT
          MOST CITIES AND COUNTIES WILL ACTIVATE OUTDOOR WARNING
          SIREN SYSTEMS.  THE AUDIO ALARM WILL SOUND ON NOAA
          WEATHER RADIOS.

200 PM  - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE AN...END OF
          TEST...MESSAGE USING THE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT.
          IT SHOULD BE STATED THAT OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS WILL
          NOT BE SOUNDED AGAIN FOR THIS END OF TEST...NOR WILL
          THERE BE ANY WARNING TONE ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

655 PM  - ANOTHER SIMULATED TORNADO WARNING FOR MINNESOTA. THIS
          WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AS A TEST OF FAMILY PREPAREDNESS
          IN THE HOME AND FOR SECOND SHIFT WORKERS.


WISCONSIN SCHEDULE TOMORROW...FRIDAY APRIL 19

100 PM  - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE A SIMULATED
          TORNADO WATCH FOR WISCONSIN.

145 PM  - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE A SIMULATED
          TORNADO WARNING FOR WISCONSIN.  NOTE THAT
          MOST CITIES AND COUNTIES WILL ACTIVATE OUTDOOR WARNING
          SIREN SYSTEMS.  THE AUDIO ALARM WILL SOUND ON NOAA
          WEATHER RADIOS.

200 PM  - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE AN...END OF
          TEST...MESSAGE USING THE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT.
          IT SHOULD BE STATED THAT OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS WILL
          NOT BE SOUNDED AGAIN FOR THIS END OF TEST...NOR WILL
          THERE BE ANY WARNING TONE ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
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