Non-weather event emergency broadcast system test today. Was this nationwide or just an isolated test in Iowa?
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
950 AM TUE DEC 15 2020
…NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE END TO END TEST…
A TEST NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE IS SCHEDULED FOR DISTRIBUTION
BY THE ADLM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 15 2020.
THE PURPOSE OF THE TEST IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITY TO PUBLICLY
DISTRIBUTE EMERGENCY MESSAGES USING INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS OF ADLM
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 15 2020, THE NWS DISSEMINATION SYSTEM WILL SEND
THE TEST NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCT FROM ADLM
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WITH THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION (WMO) HEADING: WOUS43 AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER: DMODMX
DETAILS OF THE TEST MESSAGE ARE AS FOLLOWS.
PLEASE PREPARE FOR TRANSMISSION OF THE TEST MESSAGE ON TUESDAY
DECEMBER 15 2020. THE TEST IS SCHEDULED FOR 1000 AM CDT. THE TEST
MESSAGE WILL BE SENT AS PRODUCT CATEGORY DMO, PRACTICE/DEMO WARNING
TO MINIMIZE IMPACT ON USERS. THERE IS NO REASON FOR CONCERN IF YOU
DO NOT RECEIVE THE TEST MESSAGE.
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 RECEIVER'S 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
WOUS43 KDMX AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER DMODMX.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
PRACTICE/DEMO WARNING
ADLM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MORAVIA IA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1000 AM TUE DEC 15 2020
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS ONLY A TEST.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
ADLM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MORAVIA IA.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS A TEST OF THE CAPABILITY TO RELAY
EMERGENCY MESSAGES FROM NON-NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOURCES USING
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND NWS SYSTEMS. THIS TEST
MESSAGE IS NOT INTENDED TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS TEST
MESSAGE.
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END SAMPLE NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS…PLEASE CONTACT:
CHAD HAHN… WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE DES MOINES IA
515.270.2614
CHAD.HAHN@NOAA.GOV