PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ...REPEAT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
0950 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 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 CORE
SUBJECT: CHANGE TO MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCH NARRATIVE...
EFFECTIVE JUNE 30 1998
BEGINNING TUESDAY...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 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
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
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY W/OM11
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY... SSMC2
SILVER SPRING MD 20910
PH. 301-713-0090 EXT. 115
DONALD WERNLY
CHIEF... CUSTOMER SERVICE CORE
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY... SSMC2
SILVER SPRING MD 20910
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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