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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
0940 AM CST WED NOV 8 2006

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

A HAZCOLLECT FIELD OPERATIONAL DEMONSTRATION IS SCHEDULED FROM
NOVEMBER 7 TO NOVEMBER 22 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 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8
AT ABOUT 1815 UTC /UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/ OR 1215 PM
CENTRAL STANDARD TIME TO TEST DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY MESSAGES
OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

THE NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED UNDER
WMO HEADINGS INCLUDED IN THE LIST ABOVE AND WITH AN
ASSOCIATED AWIPS IDENTIFIER ADRXX WHERE XX IS THE
TWO-LETTER USPS ID OF A STATE OR TERRITORY.

THE NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE 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.

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. VARIOUS PARAMETERS OF THE TEST
MESSAGES WILL CHANGE...SUCH CREATION TIME...SOURCE AND NWS
OFFICE...AND TEST MESSAGE NUMBER. NOTE: COG IS DEFINED AS
COLLABORATIVE OPERATIONS GROUP.

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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
115 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006

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.

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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) 754-8500
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

THIS AND OTHER NWS NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS
ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

THIS MESSAGE IS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE...ABOVE THE SERVICE
CHANGE NOTICE AND TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE BOX.

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JAO


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