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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
100 PM MDT MON OCT 25 2004

TO:       FAMILY SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY
	  MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
	  SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
	  CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
     
SUBJECT:  WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGE TEST FOR 
          SELECTED WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES...TUESDAY 
	  OCTOBER 26 2004
             
ON TUESDAY...OCTOBER 26...2004...BETWEEN 700 AM MDT AND 
1200 PM MDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN 
DENVER/BOULDER...COLORADO...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN 
NORMAN...OKLAHOMA...AND SEVERAL OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE OFFICES...WILL CONDUCT A TEST OF BOTH INTERNAL AND 
EXTERNAL NEW SEVERE WEATHER WATCH PRODUCTS.

THE DENVER/BOULDER OFFICE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE TEST WITH 
TRANSMISSION OF THE WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION /WCN/ PRODUCT.
THE PURPOSE WILL BE TO TEST THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL 
COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCT DELIVERY OF NEW PRODUCTS THAT WILL
BE USED IN THE FUTURE ISSUANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES.

WCN/S ISSUED DURING THIS TEST ARE FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES
ONLY.  MOST OF THE NEW PRODUCTS TESTED WILL NOT BE ISSUED 
THROUGH NORMAL DISSEMINATION CHANNELS.  ANY WATCH PRODUCTS
THAT ARE RELEASED WILL BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS TEST MESSAGES.      

IN THE FUTURE...WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES WILL USE WCN MESSAGES
TO DEPICT THE STATUS OF ACTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO
WATCHES FOR THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.  THE WCN SHOWS WHICH
COUNTIES REMAIN IN...ARE CANCELED FROM...OR ARE EXTENDED IN AREA
OR TIME FOR THEIR PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA.

CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE WCN MESSAGES SHOULD ADD THE 
COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER IN TABLE 1 BELOW TO THEIR APPROPRIATE
DATABASES. 

ONCE AGAIN...THE TEST WILL BEGIN AROUND 700 AM MDT AND END 
AROUND 1200 PM MDT.

TABLE 1

WFO NAME  			WMO HEADING	AWIPS ID 	
DENVER/BOULDER                  WWUS65 KBOU     WCNBOU
GOODLAND                        WWUS63 KGLD     WCNGLD
GRAND JUNCTION                  WWUS65 KGJT     WCNGJT
PUEBLO                          WWUS65 KPUB     WCNPUB

FOR INFORMATION ON AND EXAMPLES OF WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION 
MESSAGES...PLEASE SEE THE INTERNET SITE /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WATCH
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT 

E. THALER
SCIENCE OPERATIONS OFFICER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER
303-494-3210 X766

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