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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
945 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007
TO: 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 COUNTY
THE 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 2007
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 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.
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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 MARYLAND
301-713-0304 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.HTM
THIS MESSAGE IS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE...ABOVE THE
SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE AND TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE BOX.
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Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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