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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI  
911 AM HST FRI MAR 1 2024  
   
..NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TEST THIS MORNING  
 
AT 1120 AM HST, THE STATE OF HAWAII EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER  
WILL SEND A TEST NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE (NWEM) THROUGH THE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE TEST MESSAGE WILL USE THE  
PRACTICE/DEMO WARNING (DMO) EVENT CODE. IT WILL BE TRANSMITTED AS  
A TEXT PRODUCT UNDER WMO HEADER WOHW40 PHFO AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER  
HFODMOHFO. THE TEST MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST OVER NOAA  
WEATHER RADIO STATIONS IN HAWAII TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY ALERT  
SYSTEM USING EAS EVENT CODE DMO.  
 
THE PREVIOUS TEST ATTEMPT ON JANUARY 2ND WAS NOT RELAYED THROUGH  
NWS SYSTEMS. THE NWS CONFIGURATION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO PROPERLY  
RELAY NWEMS FOR HAWAII. A SECOND TEST HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR  
FEBRUARY 1 BUT HAD TO BE POSTPONED.  
 
INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS AVAILABLE HERE:  
 
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NWR  
 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM  
(IPAWS) IS AVAILABLE HERE:  
 
HTTPS://WWW.FEMA.GOV/IPAWS  
 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT NWEM EVENT CODES ARE AVAILABLE  
HERE:  
 
HTTPS://WWW.FEMA.GOV/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/DOCUMENTS/FEMA_EVENT-  
CODES-GLOSSARY_02-01-2021.PDF  
 
 
 
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