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NOUS41 KWBC 152010
PNSWSH
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
410 PM EDT MON MAR 15 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE PIERCE
ACTING CHIEF
PERFORMANCE AND AWARENESS DIVISION
OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE ALL
MARINE ZONE TEST TO BE CONDUCTED MARCH 22 2010
AS PART OF THE ONGOING HAZCOLLECT TESTING...A MARINE ZONE
TEST MESSAGE WILL BE SENT ON MONDAY MARCH 22 2010 AT
ABOUT 1815 UTC /UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/ OR 215 PM
EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TO TEST DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY
MESSAGES TO MARINE COASTAL AND GREAT LAKES AREAS
INCLUDING SOME INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS. THE ALL MARINE
ZONE TEST MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED AS A SERIES OF
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 PRODUCTS
IN 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
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. TEST MESSAGES WILL
BE CODED ONLY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO MARINE AREAS. HOWEVER
TEXT MESSAGES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED VIA NORMAL METHODS AND
AUDIO MESSAGES WILL BE BROADCAST VIA NOAA WEATHER RADIO
STATIONS WITH RECEPTION IN LAND AREAS. A TEST MESSAGE
WILL NOT BE DISTRIBUTED FOR NWS FORECAST OFFICES THAT DO
NOT HAVE COASTAL OR GREAT LAKES MARINE ZONE WARNING AND
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY.
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. MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION TO ALL MARINE ZONE AREAS
WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE TESTED ON MARCH 9 COINCIDENT
WITH THE NATIONAL MESSAGE TEST. A DECISION WAS MADE TO
CONDUCT A SEPARATE AND SUBSEQUENT ALL-MARINE-ZONE TEST.
THE TEST MESSAGE WILL NOT HAVE A UGC CODE FOR ANY MARINE
ZONE IN WHICH THE LOCAL NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE
ADVISES THE HAZCOLLECT TEST DIRECTOR THERE IS A THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER ON THE DAY OF THE SCHEDULED TEST.
A SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE FOLLOWS.
WOUS42 KTAE DDHHMM
ADRTAE
GMZ730-GMZ750-GMZ755-GMZ765-GMZ770-GMZ775-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.
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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 FOR
EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TYPE.
NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 IS ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
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 MARYLAND
301-713-3557 X 172 301-713-0090 X 146
STEVEN.PRITCHETT@xxxxxxxx HERBERT.WHITE@xxxxxxxx
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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