RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Little Rock, AR
000 NOUS44 KLZK 202119 PNSLZK ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-210300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 320 PM CST FRI NOV 20 2009 ...EXPERIMENTAL USE OF BULLETED WINTER STORM /WSW/ AND NON-PRECIPITATION /NPW/ WATCH - WARNING - AND ADVISORY PRODUCTS... BEGINNING DECEMBER 8 2009 AND ENDING MAY 29 2010...WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ LITTLE ROCK WILL BEGIN MODIFYING THE WINTER WEATHER /WSW/ AND NON-PRECIPITATION /NPW/ FORMATS TO PRODUCE EXPERIMENTAL BULLETED WATCH...WARNING...AND ADVISORY PRODUCTS. THE FORMAT WILL BE SIMILAR TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...TORNADO...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THESE FORMATS WILL BE EASIER FOR USERS TO READ AND QUICKLY GATHER VITAL INFORMATION DURING HAZARDOUS WINTER AND NON-PRECIPITATION EVENTS. IF PROBLEMS DEVELOP DURING THE TEST PERIOD...WFO LITTLE ROCK MAY TEMPORARILY REVERT BACK TO THE CURRENT FORMAT TO MAINTAIN MISSION CRITICAL WARNING SERVICES. OTHER NEARBY OFFICES WHICH WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE EXPERIMENT ARE WFO SPRINGFIELD MO...WFO TULSA OK...AND WFO MEMPHIS TN. WFOS NOT PARTICIPATING INCLUDE WFO SHREVEPORT LA AND WFO JACKSON MS. A PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT /PDD/ FOR THESE EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS...INCLUDING A LIST OF OTHER AFFECTED WFOS AND EXAMPLES OF THE BULLET FORMATTED WSW AND NPW PRODUCTS...IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE/... HTTP://PRODUCTS.WEATHER.GOV/VIEWLISTE.PHP SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON THE BULLETED_ WSW_ NPW_ PDD.PDF TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE REQUESTED THROUGH MAY 29 2010 AT /USE LOWER CASE/... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=WSWNPW UPON THE COMPLETION OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD...THE NWS WILL EVALUATE ALL RECEIVED COMMENTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF BULLETED WSW/NPW PRODUCTS NATIONWIDE. IF YOU AVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PLEASE CONTACT... JOHN ROBINSON WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 8400 REMOUNT RD. NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR 72118-2203 PHONE 501-834-9102 EXT. 223 E-MAIL JOHN.ROBINSON@NOAA.GOV $$ 28
