980626: Mass news disseminator

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• Subject: 980626: Mass news disseminator
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 13:44:44 -0600 (MDT)

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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