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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1135 AM EDT MON APR 27 1998
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY
OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM: DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT: CHANGE TO MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCH
NARRATIVE...EFFECTIVE JUNE 30 1998
BEGINNING MONDAY...JUNE 30 1998 AT 700 AM CDT / 1200 UNIVERSAL
TIME COORDINATED OR UTC/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO
WATCHES WILL HAVE A SLIGHTLY REVISED MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR. THE
CHANGED FORMAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH CHANGES MADE BEGINNING
APRIL 15 1998 TO SHORT-FUSE WARNINGS.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS OF MASS NEWS DISSEMINATION
AGENCIES...THE WORD /URGENT/ WILL REPLACE THE WORD /BULLETIN/ IN
ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. [NOTE: THE WORD
/BULLETIN/ IS USED ONLY FOR SHORT FUSE WARNINGS.]. THE FORMAT
WILL APPEARS AS FOLLOWS:
MKCSELN WHERE N IS THE LAST DIGIT OF THE WATCH NUMBER
WWUS9 KMKC DDHHMM DD IS THE DAY...HHMM THE HOUR/ MINUTE
MKC WW DDHHMM
SSZ000-DDHHMM- SS IS THE STATE AND DDHHMM IS THE
EXPIRATION DATE/TIME IN DAY/HOUR/MINUTE
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
{SEVERE THUNDERSTORM/TORNADO} WATCH NUMBER XXXX
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
{DATE/TIME/DATE GROUP}
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO
WILLIAM ALEXANDER DONALD WERNLY
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY W/OM11 CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
1325 EAST WEST HWY...SSMC2 SAME ADDRESS
SILVER SPRING, MD 20910 .....
PH. 301-713-0090 EXT. 115 PH. 301-713-0090 EXT. 138
...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY/S HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION. THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTIFICATION SECTION
/IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/ IS:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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