PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
900 AM EST MON NOV 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS DEVELOPING THE ALL-HAZARDS EMERGENCY
MESSAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM, HAZCOLLECT, TO COLLECT AND EFFICIENTLY
DISTRIBUTE NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGES (NWEM). NWEMS, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGES (CEMS), WILL BE SENT THROUGH THE
NWS DISSEMINATION INFRASTRUCTURE, OTHER NATIONAL SYSTEMS, AND TO THE
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS).

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. THE MESSAGE FOR NORTHERN AND DOWNEAST MAINE WILL BE UNDER
THE FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADING:

   WOUS41 KGYX

THE MESSAGES WILL ALSO CARRY AN ASSOCIATED ADVANCED WEATHER
INFORMATION  PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ IDENTIFIER ADRME. 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 KGYX DDHHMM
ADRME
MEC000-DDHHMM-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP STATEMENT
NWS TEST HQ NATIONAL COG SILVER SPRING MD
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
215 PM EST THU 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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DM5118118676012233728/5712239571143566336

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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