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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
925 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006

...HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TESTING...

THE HAZCOLLECT OPERATIONAL ACCEPTANCE TEST IS SCHEDULED FROM NOW
THROUGH JULY 21 2006.  HAZCOLLECT IS A SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ TO RELAY EMERGENCY MESSAGES FROM
NON-NWS SOURCES USING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND NWS
SYSTEMS.

HAZCOLLECT TESTING WILL SEND NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT
PRODUCTS WITH THE FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
/WMO/ HEADINGS:

WOUSII CCCC FOR PRODUCTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES

AWIPS IDENTIFIERS /NNNXXX/ WILL BE INCLUDED IN EACH PRODUCT WHERE
NNN IS THE AWIPS PRODUCT CATEGORY AND XXX IS THE IDENTIFIER OF
THE RELAYING NWS OFFICE OR THE TWO-LETTER UNITED STATES POSTAL
SERVICE /USPS/ ID OF THE AFFECTED STATE OR TERRITORY.  THE
FOLLOWING AWIPS IDENTIFIER PRODUCT CATEGORIES /NNN/ ARE AUTHORIZED
FOR USE IN EACH OF THE PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED BY THE WMO HEADINGS
DESCRIBED ABOVE:

AWIPS NNN    MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR /MND/ PRODUCT TYPE LINE

ADR          ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOWUP STATEMENT
AVA          AVALANCHE WATCH
AVW          AVALANCHE WARNING
CAE          CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY
CDW          CIVIL DANGER WARNING
CEM          CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
EQW          EARTHQUAKE WARNING
EVI          EVACUATION IMMEDIATE
FRW          FIRE WARNING
HMW          HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING
LEW          LAW ENFORCEMENT WARNING
LAE          LOCAL AREA EMERGENCY
TOE          911 TELEPHONE OUTAGE EMERGENCY
NUW          NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WARNING
RHW          RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD WARNING
SPW          SHELTER IN PLACE
VOW          VOLCANO WARNING

A NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL BE ORIGINATED EACH TUESDAY/JUNE
20...JUNE 27...JULY 11... AND JULY 18/ AND ON JUNE 7 AND JULY 6 TO
TEST DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY MESSAGES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
NATIONAL TEST MESSAGES WILL BE DISSEMINATED UNDER APPROPRIATE WMO
HEADINGS AND WITH AN ASSOCIATED AWIPS IDENTIFIER ADRXX WHERE XX IS
THE TWO-LETTER USPS ID OF A STATE OR TERRITORY.

ALL NATIONAL TEST MESSAGES WILL BE SENT AS PRODUCT CATEGORY ADR
TO MINIMIZE IMPACT ON USERS OF NWS INFORMATION AND NON-WEATHER
EMERGENCY MESSAGES AND ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE BELOW. VARIOUS
PARAMETERS OF THE TEST MESSAGES WILL CHANGE...SUCH AS MESSAGE
TYPE...CREATION TIME...SOURCE AND NWS OFFICE...AND TEST MESSAGE
NUMBER.

MOST HAZCOLLECT TEST MESSAGES ARE INTENDED TO BE DISTRIBUTED
OVER ALL NWS SYSTEMS FOR WHICH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGES
ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED... INCLUDING NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL
HAZARDS.  THE ADR ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP TEST MESSAGES
MAY BE RELAYED BY EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM PARTICIPATING STATIONS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE EAS PLANS.

A SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE FOLLOWS.  NOTE: COG IS DEFINED AS
COLLABORATIVE OPERATIONS GROUP.

WOUS41 KCTP 251430
ADRPA

PAC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-251445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP STATEMENT
NWS TEST HQ NATIONAL COG SILVER SPRING MD
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1030 AM EDT TUE APR 25 2006

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS TEST MESSAGE
NUMBER 2.

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.

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END SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE.

INFORMATION ON THE HAZCOLLECT PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT THE
HAZCOLLECT WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/HAZCOLLECT

NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE ORIGINATED BY
LOCAL...STATE OR FEDERAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND AT THEIR
REQUEST MAY BE RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NON-WEATHER RELATED TEXT PRODUCTS... AND OVER NOAA WEATHER
RADIO ALL HAZARDS /NWR/ AND THE EAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE 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 GUIDELINES FOR EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY
MESSAGE TYPE.

NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005018CURR.PDF

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:

JERRY ORCHANIAN
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE
NASHVILLE TN
615-754-8506
JERRY.ORCHANIAN at NOAA.GOV

STEVE SCHOFIELD                HERB WHITE
HAZCOLLECT PROJECT MANAGER     DISSEMINATION SERVICES MANAGER
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND         SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
301-713-3391 X 139             301-713-0090 X 146
STEVEN.SCHOFIELD at NOAA.GOV      HERBERT.WHITE at NOAA.GOV

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END/ORCHANIAN


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