NOUS41 KWBC 161608 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1210 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2008 TO: SUBSCRIBERS: -FAMILY OF SERVICES -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: ROBERT J. MCLEOD CHIEF...AWARENESS BRANCH OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES SUBJECT: HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TESTING FROM SEPTEMBER 17 TO DECEMBER 5 A HAZCOLLECT FOLLOW-ON OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION IS SCHEDULED FROM SEPTEMBER 17 TO DECEMBER 5 2008. HAZCOLLECT IS A SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE 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 WOAKII CCCC FOR PRODUCTS IN ALASKA WOCA42 TJSJ FOR PRODUCTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WOHW40 PHFO... WOGM40 PGUM AND WOZS40 NSTU FOR PRODUCTS IN THE PACIFIC AREA 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 PLEASE PREPARE FOR TRANSMISSION OF TEST MESSAGES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 17 AND DECEMBER 5 2008. ALMOST ALL 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. TEST MESSAGES WILL BE ONE OF TWO TYPES: 1. A NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 AT ABOUT 1815 UTC /UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/ OR 115 PM EASTERN 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. ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE TRANSMITTED CONFIRMING THE DATE AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE NATIONAL TEST. 2. LOCAL TEST MESSAGES ORIGINATED BY LOCAL OR STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE VICINITY OF EACH OF THE LISTED NWS OFFICES. MULTIPLE LOCAL TEST PRODUCTS ARE PLANNED IN KENTUCKY ON SEPTEMBER 17-18. A LOCAL TEST MESSAGE IS PLANNED IN THE AREA OF EACH OF THE TEST LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW AT ABOUT 1000 AM LOCAL TIME... EACH DAY... MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... STARTING ON THE RESPECTIVE DATES AND CONTINUING THROUGH DECEMBER 5. LOCAL NWS OFFICES WILL ISSUE LOCAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ONE OR MORE DAYS BEFORE TESTING BEGINS. PADUCAH KY SEPTEMBER 17 PITTSBURGH PA SEPTEMBER 29 MONTEREY CA OCTOBER 6 HONOLULU HI OCTOBER 21 ANCHORAGE AK OCTOBER 28 TALLAHASSEE FL NOVEMBER 4 VARIOUS PARAMETERS OF THE TEST MESSAGES MAY CHANGE...SUCH AS MESSAGE TYPE...CREATION TIME...SOURCE AND NWS OFFICE...AND TEST MESSAGE NUMBER. 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 /EAS/ PARTICIPATING STATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE EAS PLANS. A SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE FOLLOWS. WOUS41 KCTP 301815 ADRPA PAC000-301845- 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 215 PM EDT TUE SEP 30 2008 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. $$ DM5118118676012233728/5712239571143566336 END SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE. INFORMATION ON THE HAZCOLLECT PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT THE HAZCOLLECT WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/HAZCOLLECT/ NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE ORIGINATED BY LOCAL...STATE OR FEDERAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND... AT THEIR REQUEST... NWS MAY RELAY THEM IN NON-WEATHER RELATED TEXT PRODUCTS...AND OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS /NWR/ AND THE EAS. NWS DOES NOT INITIATE NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 INCLUDES THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THESE PRODUCTS. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 APPENDIX C DEFINES CONTENT GUIDELINES FOR EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TYPE. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW. WEATHER.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005018CURR.PDF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT: JOEL WILLIAMS HERB WHITE HAZCOLLECT PROJECT MANAGER DISSEMINATION SERVICES MANAGER SILVER SPRING MARYLAND SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 301-713-3400 X 114 301-713-0090 X 146 JOEL.WILLIAMS@NOAA.GOV HERBERT.WHITE@NOAA.GOV NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN