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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
0330 PM EDT WED MAY 3 1995
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PRODUCT USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT: NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AND NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE PARTICIPATION IN THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY SPONSORED EXERCISE RESPONSE 95
ELEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
(NOAA) AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) WILL BE PARTICIPATING
IN THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) SPONSORED EXERCISE
RESPONSE 95. A FULL-SCALE, REAL-TIME... PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE...
RESPONSE 95 WILL TEST AND EVALUATE FEDERAL... STATE AND LOCAL
CAPABILITIES FOR RESPONDING TO A CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE. THE SCENARIO
FOR THIS EXERCISE INCLUDES A HURRICANE STRIKING THE GULF COAST OF
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI... INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. IN
THE MAKING FOR THE PAST 14 MONTHS... THIS EXERCISE IS THE LARGEST
NON-DEFENSE EXERCISE EVER BY FEMA.
RESPONSE 95 WILL SIMULATE A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE THAT MOVES
THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MAKES LANDFALL NEAR NEW ORLEANS. SOME
LIMITED EXERCISE PLAY WILL BEGIN ON THE MORNING OF MAY 4... 1995 AND
SPINS UP TO FULL-SCALE EXERCISE PLAY ON THE MORNING OF MAY 9 AND
CONTINUES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 11... 1995. THE FULL-SCALE
PORTION OF THE EXERCISE WILL BE CONTINUOUS FOR 60 HOURS.
NWS SUPPORT OF EXERCISE RESPONSE 95 WILL BEGIN ON MAY 4... 1995.
AT 11 AM EDT THE NWS WILL BEGIN ROUTINE ISSUANCE OF HURRICANE AND
SEVERE WEATHER RELATED FORECASTS... ADVISORIES... AND WARNINGS. THE
PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW WILL BE RELEASED ROUTINELY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
EXERCISE AS WELL AS IN RESPONSE TO SIMULATED EVENTS WHICH WERE CREATED
TO TEST AND EVALUATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE CAPABILITIES.
NWS CONTACT FOR EXERCISE RESPONSE 95
RAINER DOMBROWSKY... (301) 713-0090 EXT 116
EXERCISE RESPONSE 95 PRODUCTS WHICH MAY BE USED
PRODUCTS AFOS HEADER WMO HEADER
HURRICANE RELATED
PUBLIC ADVISORY MIATCPAT1 WTNT31 KNHC
(BACKUP) NFDTCPAT1 WTNT31 KNHC
FORECAST/ADVISORY MIATCPAT1 WTNT21 KNHC
(BACKUP) NFDTCMAT1 WTNT21 KNHC
STRIKE PROBABILITY FORECAST MIASPFAT1 WTNT71 KNHC
(BACKUP) NFDSPFAT1 WTNT71 KNHC
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS NEWHLSNEW WWUS31 KNEW
JANHLSJAN WWUS31 KJAN
SEVERE WEATHER RELATED
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK DAY 1 MKCCSWODY1 ACUS1 KMKC
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK DAY 2 MKCSWODY2 ACUS2 KMKC
SEVERE WEATHER DISCUSSION MKCSWOMCD ACUS3 KMKC
SEVERE WEATHER WATCH
DELINATION MKCSAW_ WWUS40 KMKC
SEVERE WEATHER WATCH
ISSUANCE MKCSEL_ WWVS9 KMKC
TORNADO WARNINGS NEWTORNEW WFUS1 OR WFUS01 KXXX
JANTORJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS NEWSVSNEW WWUS34 KXXX
JANSVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER AREAL OUTLINE NEWSLSNEW WWUS32 KXXX
JANSLSJAN
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS NEWFFWNEW WRUS1 OR WRUS01 KXXX
JANFFWJAN
FLASH FLOOD WATCH NEWFLWNEW WRUS2 OR WRUS02 KXXX
JANFLWJAN
EACH OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED ABOVE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED TO IDENTIFY THAT
THESE PRODUCTS ARE SIMULATED MESSAGES AND ARE BEING RELEASED IN SUPPORT
OF EXERCISE RESPONSE 95 AND DO NOT DESCRIBE EXISTING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SHOULD A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP DURING ANY PORTION OF THE
EXERCISE LOCAL NWS FIELD OFFICES AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WILL
DISCONTINUE EXERCISE PLAY AND ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT. THE FEMA EXERCISE DESIGN BRANCH AND THE NWS HAVE ESTABLISHED
GUIDELINES AND BACK-UP PROCEDURES THAT WILL ALLOW FOR LIMITED EXERCISE
PLAY DURING SUCH EVENTS.
DONALD R. WERNLY
CHIEF, WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
(301) 713-0090 EXT 113
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