980427: Severe TS, Tornado watches

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• Subject: 980427: Severe TS, Tornado watches
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:04:20 -0600 (MDT)

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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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