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PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 945 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ROBERT J. MCLEOD
CHIEF... AWARENESS BRANCH
OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TESTING
SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 6 2007
AS PART OF THE CONTINUING TESTING OF THE HAZCOLLECT SYSTEM...A
PARTIAL NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE IS SCHEDULED TO BE TRANSMITTED ON
FEBRUARY 6 2007 AT ABOUT 1500 UTC /UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/
OR 1000 AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME TO TEST DISTRIBUTION OF
EMERGENCY MESSAGES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ACROSS LOCALIZED
AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.
THE PARTIAL NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED AS A SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL STATE MESSAGES WITH AN ASSOCIATED AWIPS IDENTIFIER ADRXX WHERE XX IS THE TWO-LETTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION OF THE STATE. THE STATES...TWO-LETTER STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS...WMO HEADINGS...AND SPECIFIC COUNTIES COVERED BY THE TEST MESSAGE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ALABAMA /AL/ WOUS44 KBMX RUSSELL COUNTY ARIZONA /AZ/ WOUS45 KPSR NAVAJO COUNTY CONNECTICUT /CT/ WOUS41 KBOX LITCHFIELD COUNTY GEORGIA /GA/ WOUS42 KFFC FAYETTE COUNTY IDAHO /ID/ WOUS45 KBOI BEAR LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS /IL/ WOUS43 KILX POPE COUNTY INDIANA /IN/ WOUS43 KIND POSEY COUNTY KENTUCKY /KY/ WOUS43 KLMK BOYD AND MCCRACKEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS /MA/ WOUS41 KBOX BERKSHIRE COUNTY MISSOURI /MO/ WOUS43 KLSX STODDARD COUNTY NEVADA /NV/ WOUS45 KREV LINCOLN COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE /NH/ WOUS41 KGYX CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW YORK /NY/ WOUS41 KALY SCHENECTADY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA /NC/ WOUS42 KRAH CLAY COUNTY OHIO /OH/ WOUS41 KILN MEIGS COUNTY TENNESSEE /TN/ WOUS44 KOHX HENRY AND POLK COUNTIES UTAH /UT/ WOUS45 KSLC BEAVER COUNTY VERMONT /VT/ WOUS41 KBTV BENNINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA /VA/ WOUS41 KAKQ DICKENSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA /WV/ WOUS41 KRLX CLAY COUNTY WYOMING /WY/ WOUS45 KCYS UINTA COUNTYTHE ADR ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP STATEMENT IS INTENDED TO BE BROADCAST ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS NETWORK AND IN MOST GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WITH THE SPECIFIC AREA MESSAGE ENCODING /SAME/ DIGITAL CODE. THE TEST MESSAGES MAY BE RELAYED BY EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM /EAS/ PARTICIPATING STATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE EAS PLANS.
A SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE FOLLOWS. WOUS41 KILN 061500 ADROH OHC105-061530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP STATEMENT NWS TEST GROUP SILVER SPRING MD RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1000 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS TEST MESSAGE NUMBER 1.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NWS TEST GROUP.THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS A TEST OF THE CAPABILITY TO RELAY EMERGENCY MESSAGES FROM NON-NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOURCES USING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND NWS SYSTEMS. THIS TEST MESSAGE MAY BE RELAYED BY EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM PARTICIPATING STATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE EAS PLANS.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS TEST MESSAGE.
$$ DM5118118676012233728/5712239571143566336 END SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE.HAZCOLLECT IS A SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO RELAY EMERGENCY MESSAGES FROM NON-NWS SOURCES USING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND NWS SYSTEMS.
INFORMATION ON THE HAZCOLLECT PROGRAM...INCLUDING THIS MESSAGE CAN BE FOUND AT THE HAZCOLLECT WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/HAZCOLLECT
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
JON ADKINS ART KRAUS
HAZCOLLECT PROJECT ENGINEER DISSEMINATION METEOROLOGIST
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND SILVER SPRING MARYLAND301-713-0304 X 111 301-713-0090 X 161 JON.ADKINS@xxxxxxxx ARTHUR.KRAUS@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER CURRENT NWS NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTMTHIS MESSAGE IS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE...ABOVE THE SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE AND TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE BOX.
$$ -- Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Community Services, Unidata University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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