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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 PRODUCTSIN 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 DDHHMMADRTAE 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. $$ DM5118118676012233728/5712239571143566336
END SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE.INFORMATION ON THE HAZCOLLECT PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT THE HAZCOLLECT WEB SITE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/HAZCOLLECT/NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE ORIGINATED BY LOCAL...STATE OR FEDERAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND... AT THEIR REQUEST... NWS MAY RELAY THEM IN NON-WEATHER RELATED TEXT PRODUCTS...AND OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS /NWR/ AND THE EAS. NWS DOES NOT INITIATE NON- WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 INCLUDES THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THESE PRODUCTS. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 APPENDIX C DEFINES CONTENT FOR EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TYPE.
NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 IS ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005018CURR.PDF
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT: STEVE PRITCHETT HERB WHITE HAZCOLLECT PROJECT MGR DISSEMINATION SERVICES MGR NWS HEADQUARTERS NWS HEADQUARTERS
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND SILVER SPRING MARYLAND301-713-3557 X 172 301-713-0090 X 146 STEVEN.PRITCHETT@xxxxxxxx HERBERT.WHITE@xxxxxxxx
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$
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