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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
600 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2007

...THE WEEK OF APRIL 22ND IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK FOR NEW 
YORK STATE...

THE NEW YORK STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION IS JOINING THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN URGING ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO 
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO HAZARDS OF FLOODING...TORNADOES AND 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS...SEVERE WEATHER HAS KILLED 75 PEOPLE IN NEW
YORK AND CAUSED OVER THREE QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. 
ON AVERAGE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES 400 SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS...17 TORNADO WARNINGS AND ABOUT 150 FLASH 
FLOOD WARNINGS EACH YEAR FOR NEW YORK STATE. 

DURING THIS WEEK...THE NWS UPTON NY OFFICE WILL ISSUE AND BROADCAST 
A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT DAILY FROM SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 
THE DAILY STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM. IT WILL BE SENT OVER 
NWS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS...INCLUDING OUR WEB PAGE...NOAA WEATHER 
RADIO ALL HAZARDS...THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION 
NETWORK...THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES.

HERE IS OUR SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS.

MONDAY...A REVIEW OF SEVERE WEATHER DEFINITIONS AND TERMS.

TUESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

WEDNESDAY...SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS.

THURSDAY...TORNADOES.

FRIDAY...FLASH FLOODING.

SATURDAY...A REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK ARE TWO 
COMMUNICATION DRILLS THAT WILL TEST THE DISSEMINATION OF OUR 
WARNINGS.

ALL TEST WARNINGS WILL BE SENT AS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS. THE 
FIRST TEST WARNING WILL USE THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM EVENT CODE R 
W T. THE SECOND TEST WARNING WILL USE THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM 
EVENT CODE R M T.

THE FIRST DRILL IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY APRIL 24TH AROUND 11:15 AM 
FOR ALL OF NEW YORK STATE. A TEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL 
BE ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES BY THE 5 NWS OFFICES SERVING NY.

THE SECOND DRILL IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY APRIL 26TH AROUND 1:15 PM 
FOR ALL OF NEW YORK STATE. A TEST TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR 
ALL COUNTIES BY THE 5 NWS OFFICES SERVING NY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THESE UPCOMING STATEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

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