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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
300 PM EDT WED APR 25 2007

...THIS IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL 
AGENCIES...INCLUDING THE NY STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 
COMMISSION...IS PROMOTING SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY FOR ALL PEOPLE.

...SECOND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS DRILL...

THE SECOND COMMUNICATIONS DRILL IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY...APRIL 
26TH AROUND 1:45 PM.

ALL 5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES THAT SERVE NEW YORK STATE 
WILL ISSUE A TEST TORNADO WARNING FOR ALL COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE 
AROUND THE SAME TIME.

THIS TEST WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE SENT AS A SPECIAL WEATHER 
STATEMENT OVER NWS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND AS A REQUIRED MONTHLY 
TEST OVER THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM...USING THE R M T EVENT CODE. 
IT WILL BE ALARMED BY NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS. THE NWS WILL  
NOT REQUEST ACTIVATION OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM FOR THIS TEST 
MESSAGE.

THIS TEST WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE CLEARLY WORDED TO INDICATE THAT IT 
IS INDEED A TEST. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ASKED TO MONITOR THEIR 
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR RECEIPT OF THIS TEST MESSAGE. UPON 
RECEIPT...PARTICIPANTS WILL COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE COMMUNICATION 
DRILL'S RESPONSE QUESTIONNAIRE THROUGH A SECURE WEBSITE. THE U R L 
AND PASSWORD TO ACCESS THIS WEBSITE WERE PROVIDED TO ALL TEST 
PARTICIPANTS.

IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OCCURS DURING THIS TIME...THIS DRILL WILL BE 
RESCHEDULED ONE WEEK LATER AT THE SAME TIME. IT WOULD OCCUR ON 
THURSDAY MAY 3RD AROUND 1:45 PM.

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