NOTE: The nws-changes mailing list is no longer active. The list archives are made available for historical reasons.
-------- Original Message --------697 NOUS41 KWBC 241925
PNSWSH
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
225 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JASON TUELL
ACTING CHIEF...
PERFORMANCE AND AWARENESS DIVISION
OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE
NATIONAL TEST TO BE SENT ON MARCH 9 2010
AS PART OF THE ONGOING HAZCOLLECT TESTING...A NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL BE SENT ON TUESDAY MARCH 9 AT ABOUT 1915 UTC /UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/ OR 215 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME TO TEST DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY MESSAGES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED AS A SERIES OF STATE MESSAGES UNDER THE FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADINGS:
WOUSII CCCC FOR PRODUCTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES WOAK48 PAFC FOR ALASKA WOCA42 TJSJ FOR PRODUCTS IN PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
WOHW40 PHFO... WOGM40 PGUM AND WOZS40 NSTU FOR PRODUCTSIN THE PACIFIC AREA WHERE CCCC IS THE FOUR-CHARACTER WMO IDENTIFIER FOR THE STATE-LIAISON NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE AND II REPRESENTS THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE MESSAGE AND SHOULD RANGE FROM 41 TO 46.
THE MESSAGES WILL ALSO CARRY AN ASSOCIATED ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ IDENTIFIER ADRXX... WHERE XX IS THE TWO-LETTER U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IDENTIFIER OF A STATE OR TERRITORY. ADDITIONAL MESSAGES FOR SOME AREAS WILL CARRY AN AWIPS IDENTIFIER ADRXXX... WHERE XXX IS THE IDENTIFIER OF THE RELAYING NWS FORECAST OFFICE AND A UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ FOR COASTAL OR GREAT LAKES MARINE ZONES. THE ADR ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP TEST MESSAGES MAY BE RELAYED BY EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM /EAS/ PARTICIPATING STATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE EAS PLANS.
THE TEST MESSAGE WILL NOT HAVE A UGC CODE FOR ANY STATE IN WHICH LOCAL NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES ADVISE THE HAZCOLLECT TEST DIRECTOR THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ON THE DAY OF THE SCHEDULED TEST. ADDITIONALLY TEST MESSAGES WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED TO KANSAS AND MISSOURI DURING THE NATIONAL TEST. BOTH STATES ARE CONDUCTING THEIR ANNUAL SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK TORNADO DRILLS ON MARCH 9.
A SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE FOLLOWS.
WOUS42 KTAE DDHHMMADRFL FLC000-DDHHMM- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP STATEMENT NWS TEST HQ NATIONAL COG SILVER SPRING MD RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 215 PM EST THU NOV 19 2009 THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS TEST MESSAGE NUMBER 1. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NWS TEST HQ NATIONAL COG. 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. $$ DM5118118676012233728/5712239571143566336
END SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE.INFORMATION ON THE HAZCOLLECT PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT THE HAZCOLLECT WEB SITE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/HAZCOLLECT/NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE ORIGINATED BY LOCAL...STATE OR FEDERAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND... AT THEIR REQUEST... NWS MAY RELAY THEM IN NON-WEATHER RELATED TEXT PRODUCTS...AND OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS /NWR/ AND THE EAS. NWS DOES NOT INITIATE NON-
WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 INCLUDES THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THESE PRODUCTS. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 APPENDIX C DEFINES CONTENT GUIDELINES FOR EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TYPE.
NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 IS ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005018CURR.PDF
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT: STEVE PRITCHETT HERB WHITE HAZCOLLECT PROJECT MGR DISSEMINATION SERVICES MGR NWS HEADQUARTERS NWS HEADQUARTERS
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND SILVER SPRING MARYLAND301-713-3557 x 172 301-713-0090 X 146 STEVEN.PRITCHETT@xxxxxxxx HERBERT.WHITE@xxxxxxxx
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN
nws-changes archives: