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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
555 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2013

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NWS OFFICES WILL CONDUCT A
COMMUNICATIONS DRILL FOR NY STATE ON THURSDAY MAY 2...

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IS APRIL 28 THROUGH MAY 4.

THE GOAL OF THIS WEATHER SAFETY CAMPAIGN IS TO FURTHER EDUCATE THE
GENERAL PUBLIC IN SEVERE WEATHER...FROM SCIENCE TO SERVICE.

FIVE NWS OFFICES SERVING NY STATE WILL CONDUCT A COMMUNICATIONS
DRILL ON THURSDAY MAY 2 AROUND 1:15 PM. WE WILL ISSUE A TEST MESSAGE
AS A REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST FOR DISSEMINATION THROUGH THE EMERGENCY
ALERT SYSTEM INCLUDING NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND ONE TEST MESSAGE AS A
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DISSEMINATION THROUGH ALL NWS
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE INTERNET.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY OFFICE WILL ISSUE THIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...

SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ZONES...NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179

ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM/AWIPS IDENTIFIER...
NYCSPSOKX

WMO HEADER...NYCSPSOKX WWUS81 KOKX

UPON RECEPTION OF THIS TEST MESSAGE...WE ARE ASKING TEST PARTICIPANTS
...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...BROADCAST MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A ONE PAGE ON LINE SURVEY
AT...HTTP://CSTAR.CESTM.ALBANY.EDU/WHAW/SWAW.HTML (LOWER CASE)

FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS...REFER TO OUR SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS
WEB LINK AT...HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/OKX/SEVEREWXNEW.HTML (LOWER
CASE)

IF YOU REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CONTACT

GARY CONTE
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
GARY.CONTE@NOAA.GOV (LOWER CASE)

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