ABUS34 KSDF 281318
PNSSDF

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
918 AM EDT THU OCT 28 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...THURSDAY  
          OCTOBER 28 2004

             
ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 28 2004 BETWEEN 200 PM EDT (100 PM CDT) 
AND 500 PM EDT (400 PM CDT)...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...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.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICVE LOUISVILLE 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.

ONCE AGAIN...THE TEST WILL BEGIN AROUND 200 PM EDT (100 PM 
CDT) AND END AROUND 500 PM EDT (400 PM CDT).

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

TED FUNK
ACTING METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
502-969-8842
THEODORE.FUNK@NOAA.GOV

$$

JARVIS




ABUS34 KJKL 281253
PNSJKL
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-282100-

SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
852 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2004

TO:     FAMILY OF SERVICES /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:   MICHAEL MCLANE
        SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS OFFICER

SUBJECT: WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGE TEST FOR SELECTED WEATHER 
         FORECAST OFFICES...THURSDAY OCTOBER 28 2004

ON THURSDAY...OCTOBER 28...2004...BETWEEN 200 PM AND 500 PM 
EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY...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.

WFO JACKSON 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.

ONCE AGAIN...THE TEST WILL BEGIN AROUND 200 PM EDT AND END AROUND 
500 PM EDT.

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

        MICHAEL MCLANE

        SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS OFFICER
        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
        1329 AIRPORT ROAD
        JACKSON, KY 41339

        PHONE: (606) 666-8000
        EMAIL: MICHAEL.MCLANE@NOAA.GOV (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

MCLANE/OUDEMAN
















SXUS99 KJKL 280948
RERJKL
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-291800-
RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
542 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2004

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT JACKSON...

2.02 INCHES OF RAIN FELL YESTERDAY AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
OFFICE NEAR JACKSON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.72 SET IN 1995. 

CLIMATE RECORDS AT THE JACKSON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE DATE 
BACK TO 1981.

$$
PELTON





SXUS99 KSDF 271036 CCA
RERSDF

RECORD EVENT REPORT       
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
635 AM EDT WED OCT 27 2004

...WETTEST OCTOBER ALREADY IN LOUISVILE KENTUCKY...

THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR OCTOBER ENDING AT MIDNIGHT THE 26TH TOTALED 
8.50 INCHES AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE 
KENTUCKY. THIS MAKES THIS OCTOBER THE WETTEST ON RECORD WITH FIVE 
DAYS TO GO YET. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST WAS 8.05 INCHES IN 1883.

AFTER THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD WE NOW HAVE THE WETTEST OCTOBER 
ON RECORD. 

$$

WAIDLEY