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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION.....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EST FRI NOV 1 1996
TO - FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM - THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT - HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATE TEST JULY 1996 - MAY 1997
...RE-ANNOUNCEMENT...
CORRECTION 4TH LINE...FROM 12 HOURS...TO 6 HOURS.
ON JULY 10 1996...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN
NORMAN...OKLAHOMA...STARTED A TEST OF A NEW PRODUCT CALLED THE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATE. THESE HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATES
PROVIDE FORECASTS /OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS/ OF HAZARDOUS
WEATHER AFFECTING THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. THE PURPOSE OF
THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATE IS TO PROVIDE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICES...OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES...EMERGENCY
MANAGERS...AND THE MEDIA...WITH AN OVERVIEW OF MAJOR ON-GOING
STORM SYSTEMS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT HAVE
REGIONAL OR NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATE IS A NON-SCHEDULED PRODUCT...
AND IS ISSUED ONLY WHEN HAZARDOUS WEATHER AFFECTS MAJOR PORTIONS
OF THE COUNTRY. THE TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER COVERED INCLUDE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING...HEAVY SNOW...BLIZZARDS...ICESTORMS...DANGEROUS WIND
CHILL OR HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES.
THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATES CONTAIN A GENERAL FORECAST
OF WHERE THE STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE...AND ITS ANTICIPATED
IMPACT. IT ALSO INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WEATHER
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM
SYSTEM...AND INCLUDE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS WEATHER
REPORTS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST UPDATE.
THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATES APPEAR IN AFOS/NWWS
IDENTIFIERS MKCHWU01 THROUGH MKCHWU09. FOR WMO/FOS...THESE CAN
ALL BE FOUND UNDER THE HEADER OF WWUS44 KMKC. HAZARDOUS WEATHER
UPDATES FOR A STORM WILL USE THE SAME AFOS IDENTIFIER FOR THE
LIFE OF THAT STORM. EACH TIME A SET OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATES
IS INITIATED FOR A NEW STORM...THE FINAL DIGIT OF THE IDENTIFIER
WILL BE INCREASED FROM THAT OF THE PREVIOUS STORM SYSTEM.
THE TEST WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN MONTHS...ENDING
IN MAY 1997. DURING THAT TIME...FEEDBACK FROM NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THE MEDIA WILL BE
USED TO DETERMINE THE UTILITY AND FORMAT OF THIS PRODUCT. ONLY
AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TEST WILL IT BE DETERMINED IF THE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER UPDATE IS TO BECOME ONE OF THE SUITE OF
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER.
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