HazCollect Test Tuesday
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...PERFORMANCE AND AWARENESS DIVISION
OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE NATIONAL
TEST TO BE SENT ON NOVEMBER 18 2008
REFERENCE: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED SEPTEMBER 16 2008
ON HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TESTING
FROM SEPTEMBER 17 TO DECEMBER 5
AS PART OF THE ONGOING HAZCOLLECT TESTING...A NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL BE SENT ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 AT ABOUT 1915 UTC /UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/ OR 115 PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME TO TEST DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY MESSAGES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED AS A SERIES OF STATE MESSAGES. THE MESSAGES FOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADINGS:
WOUS43 KILX
WOUS43 KIND
WOUS43 KMKX
THE MESSAGE WILL ALSO CARRY ASSOCIATED ADVANCED WEATHER INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ IDENTIFIERS
CHIADRIL
INDADRIN
MKEADRWI
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.
WOUS43 KILX DDHHMM
ADRIL
ILC000-DDHHMM-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP STATEMENT
NWS TEST HQ NATIONAL COG SILVER SPRING MD
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
115 PM CST TUE NOV 18 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.
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END SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE.
INFORMATION ON THE HAZCOLLECT PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT THE
HAZCOLLECT WEB SITE AT:
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:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005018CURR.PDF
IF YOU HAVE 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 ONLINE AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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