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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
344 PM PDT FRI OCT 30 2020
..NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE END TO END TEST
A SERIES OF TEST NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGES (NWEMS) ARE SCHEDULED FOR
DISTRIBUTION BY THE WASHINGTON STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION
ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020. THE PURPOSE OF THE TEST IS TO
DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITY TO PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTE EMERGENCY MESSAGES
USING INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS IN WASHINGTON STATE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DIVISION, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. IN THE EVENT THE TEST IS
POSTPONED FROM NOVEMBER 5, 2020, A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL
BE ISSUED TO ANNOUNCE THE POSTPONEMENT AND RESCHEDULING TO NOVEMBER
12, 2020.
ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020 THE NWS DISSEMINATION SYSTEM WILL SEND
THE TEST NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCT FROM THE
WASHINGTON STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION WITH THE WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) HEADING: WOUS46 KSEW AND AWIPS
IDENTIFIER: DMOWA OR DMOSEW
DETAILS OF THE TEST MESSAGE ARE AS FOLLOWS.
PLEASE PREPARE FOR TRANSMISSION OF THE TEST MESSAGE ON THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 5, 2020 AND BACKUP DATE OF NOVEMBER 12, 2020. THE TESTS ARE
SCHEDULED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 1000 AM PST AND 1200 PM PST, BUT WILL BE
POSTPONED IF THERE IS FORECAST OR OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE WEATHER OR IF
THERE IS A NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY IN THE AREA. THE TEST MESSAGE WILL
BE SENT AS PRODUCT CATEGORY DMO, PRACTICE/DEMO WARNING TO MINIMIZE
IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO USERS. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO REASON
FOR CONCERN IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE TEST MESSAGE ON NOAA WEATHER
RADIO DEVICES.
THE NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE USED IN THIS TEST WILL BROADCAST
NOAA WEATHER RADIO SPECIFIC AREA MESSAGE ENCODING (SAME) TONES FOR
THE CATEGORY DMO PRACTICE/DEMO WARNING. MOST WEATHER RADIO AND
PUBLIC ALERT RECEIVERS ARE DESIGNED NOT TO ALERT FOR THE DMO
PRACTICE/DEMO WARNING. CHECK YOUR RECEIVERS USER MANUAL FOR
DETAILS. THE MESSAGE WILL CLEARLY INDICATE IT IS A TEST. THE MESSAGE
SHOULD BE RECEIVED AND NOTED IN STATION LOGS AT EMERGENCY ALERT
SYSTEM (EAS) STATIONS BUT SHOULD NOT BE BROADCAST OVER THE AIR.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SAMPLE NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE SIMILAR TO
WHAT WILL BE USED IN THE TEST. THE MESSAGE WILL HAVE WMO HEADER
WOUS46 KSEW, AWIPS IDENTIFIER DMOSEW OR DMOWA AND UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHIC CODES WAC027 (GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY), WAC033 (KING COUNTY),
WAC035 (KITSAP COUNTY), WAC041 (LEWIS COUNTY), WAC045 (MASON
COUNTY), WAC049 (PACIFIC COUNTY), WAC053 (PIERCE COUNTY), AND WAC061
(SNOHOMISH COUNTY).
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
PRACTICE/DEMO WARNING
WASHINGTON STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1000 AM PST THU NOV 5 2020
..THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS ONLY A TEST
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
WASHINGTON STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION.
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 PRACTICE/TEST
MESSAGE IS NOT INTENDED TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.
THIS IS A TEST. THIS IS TEST MESSAGE NUMBER ONE. THIS IS ONLY A TEST.
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END SAMPLE NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE.
NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE ORIGINATED BY LOCAL,
STATE OR FEDERAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND AT THEIR REQUEST MAY BE
RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NON-WEATHER RELATED TEXT
PRODUCTS, AND OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS (NWR) AND THE EAS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOES NOT INITIATE NON-WEATHER RELATED
EMERGENCY MESSAGES. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 INCLUDES THE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THESE PRODUCTS. NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 APPENDIX B
DEFINES CONTENT GUIDELINES FOR EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE
TYPE.
NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
REID WOLCOTT... WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SEATTLE WA
206-526-6095 X223
REID.WOLCOTT@NOAA.GOV
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