[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 11/17/2008 10:43:27 AM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1041 AM EST MON NOV 17 2008

...HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE NATIONAL TEST TO BE SENT 
ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 2008...

...ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE, AND  
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK SUBSCRIBERS...
          
...ORIGINATING FROM ROBERT J. MCLEOD, CHIEF OF THE PERFORMANCE AND 
AWARENESS DIVISION, OFFICE OF CLIMATE, WATER, AND WEATHER SERVICES 
AND SENT THROUGH THE MOUNT HOLLY, NJ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
OFFICE...
 
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 215 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME TO TEST 
DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY MESSAGES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE 
NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED AS A SERIES OF STATE 
MESSAGES UNDER THE FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION WMO 
HEADINGS:

   WOUSII CCCC FOR PRODUCTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES 

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 40 TO 49.

THE MESSAGES WILL ALSO CARRY AN ASSOCIATED ADVANCED WEATHER  
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM...AWIPS...IDENTIFIER ADRXX... WHERE XX 
IS THE TWO-LETTER U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IDENTIFIER OF A STATE OR 
TERRITORY. 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.

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 at NOAA.GOV         HERBERT.WHITE at NOAA.GOV

NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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