980529: Thunderstorm & Tornado Watch change

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• Subject: 980529: Thunderstorm & Tornado Watch change
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 08:47:06 -0600 (MDT)

ZCZC WSHPNSWSH ALL
TTAA00 KWSH DDHHMM 

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  ...REPEAT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1030 AM EDT FRI MAY 29 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

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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