EC Changes to Watch/Warnings Format

For those who did not notice already EC has changed how they issue watches/warnings. For those who use raw data feeds like my site you will see the changes already. It is likely people that get warnings from TWN won't see any changes.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA PLANS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE
PUBLIC WARNING PROGRAM:

1. ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS
FOR ALL PUBLIC AREAS ACROSS CANADA:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING (WUCN)
TORNADO WARNING (WFCN)
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN (WWCN)

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND TORNADO WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE TRANSMITTED USING THE WUCN AND WFCN HEADERS, RESPECTIVELY. THERE
WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE FORMAT OF THESE MESSAGES.

THE SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSMITTED USING
THE WWCN HEADER. THE WWCN BULLETIN WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE ANY
INFORMATION REGARDING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND TORNADO
WARNINGS, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF ALL REMAINING
PUBLIC WARNINGS AND WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EACH PUBLIC AREA.

THE FOLLOWING BULLETINS ARE AFFECTED:

WWCN11 CWHX (ENGLISH) WWCN71 CWHX (FRENCH)
WWCN13 CWHX (ENG) WWCN73 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN14 CWHX (ENG) WWCN74 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN15 CWHX (ENG) WWCN75 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN16 CWHX (ENG) WWCN76 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN17 CWHX (ENG) WWCN77 CWHX (FRE)

WWCN11 CWNT (ENG) WWCN71 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN12 CWNT (ENG) WWCN72 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN13 CWNT (ENG) WWCN73 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN14 CWNT (ENG) WWCN74 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN15 CWNT (ENG) WWCN75 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN16 CWNT (ENG) WWCN76 CWNT (FRE)

WWCN11 CWTO (ENG) WWCN71 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN12 CWTO (ENG) WWCN72 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN13 CWTO (ENG) WWCN73 CWTO (FRE)

WWCN10 CWUL (ENG) WWCN70 CWUL (FRE)

WWCN11 CWVR (ENG) WWCN71 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN13 CWVR (ENG) WWCN73 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN19 CWVR (ENG) WWCN79 CWVR (FRE)

WWCN11 CWWG (ENG) WWCN71 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN12 CWWG (ENG) WWCN72 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN13 CWWG (ENG) WWCN73 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN14 CWWG (ENG) WWCN74 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN15 CWWG (ENG) WWCN75 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN16 CWWG (ENG) WWCN76 CWWG (FRE)

2. THE WARNING CONTENT WITHIN ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
(WUCN) AND ALL TORNADO WARNINGS (WFCN) WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING
ADDITIONAL WARNING INFORMATION IMPROVEMENTS:

A FORECAST VALID TIME FOR EACH ALERT BULLETIN,

IMPACT STATEMENTS AND CALL TO ACTION STATEMENTS LINKED TO THE
DEGREE OF SEVERITY AND DEGREE OF CERTAINTY OF THE SEVERE WEATHER
HAZARDS PREDICTED WITHIN EACH ALERT.

3. A NEW SUMMARY OF ALL ACTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND ALL
ACTIVE TORNADO WARNINGS WILL ALSO BECOME AVAILABLE, IN A SEPARATE
MESSAGE CALLED THE ALERT MESSAGE SUMMARY. THE ALERT MESSAGE SUMMARY
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE FOLLOWING NEW HEADERS:

WWCN51 CWHX (ENGLISH) WWCN61 CWHX (FRENCH)
WWCN53 CWHX (ENG) WWCN63 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN54 CWHX (ENG) WWCN64 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN55 CWHX (ENG) WWCN65 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN56 CWHX (ENG) WWCN66 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN57 CWHX (ENG) WWCN67 CWHX (FRE)

WWCN51 CWNT (ENG) WWCN61 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN52 CWNT (ENG) WWCN62 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN53 CWNT (ENG) WWCN63 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN54 CWNT (ENG) WWCN64 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN55 CWNT (ENG) WWCN65 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN56 CWNT (ENG) WWCN66 CWNT (FRE)

WWCN51 CWTO (ENG) WWCN61 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN52 CWTO (ENG) WWCN62 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN53 CWTO (ENG) WWCN63 CWTO (FRE)

WWCN50 CWUL (ENG) WWCN60 CWUL (FRE)

WWCN51 CWVR (ENG) WWCN61 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN53 CWVR (ENG) WWCN63 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN59 CWVR (ENG) WWCN69 CWVR (FRE)

WWCN51 CWWG (ENG) WWCN61 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN52 CWWG (ENG) WWCN62 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN53 CWWG (ENG) WWCN63 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN54 CWWG (ENG) WWCN64 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN55 CWWG (ENG) WWCN65 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN56 CWWG (ENG) WWCN66 CWWG (FRE)




The new Alert Summary messages look like this:
352
WWCN21 CWTO 182155
ALERT MESSAGE SUMMARY
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:55 PM EDT THURSDAY 18 APRIL 2013.

NEXT SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED FOLLOWING A CHANGE IN INFORMATION AT
EITHER 10, 25, 40 OR 55 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR. TORNADO WARNINGS ARE
ALWAYS LISTED FIRST.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVE ALERTS DISTRIBUTED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO
AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - ISSUED AT 5:37 PM EDT THURSDAY 18
APRIL 2013 FOR:
=NEW= ORANGEVILLE - GRAND VALLEY - SOUTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY
=NEW= INNISFIL - NEW TECUMSETH - ANGUS
=NEW= OWEN SOUND - BLUE MOUNTAINS - NORTHERN GREY COUNTY
=NEW= BARRIE - COLLINGWOOD - HILLSDALE
=NEW= SHELBURNE - MANSFIELD - NORTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY
STRATFORD - MITCHELL - SOUTHERN PERTH COUNTY
WINGHAM - BLYTH - NORTHERN HURON COUNTY
MOUNT FOREST - ARTHUR - NORTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY
LONDON - PARKHILL - EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY
CHATHAM-KENT - RONDEAU PARK
GODERICH - BLUEWATER - SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY
LISTOWEL - MILVERTON - NORTHERN PERTH COUNTY
HANOVER - DUNDALK - SOUTHERN GREY COUNTY
STRATHROY - KOMOKA - WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

AT 5:20 PM EDT, RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
GREY COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF LAKE ST CLAIR. MOST OF THESE STORMS ARE
NOT SEVERE, HOWEVER ONE OR TWO COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 90 KM/H
AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 60 KM/H.

REFER TO WEATHER.GC.CA FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THESE WARNINGS AND ALL
REMAINING PUBLIC WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.

END


They are more targeted for media so they get a summary of everything going on.

The good part of this new system is those who get watches/warnings from mailing lists you won't get two for every warning issued anymore.

EC Changes to Watch/Warnings Formats - Delayed

This was to take place July 3rd I believe was the date.


755
NOCN04 CWAO 251916

GENOT NO. 005 CCB

BILINGUAL MESSAGE - FRENCH TEXT FOLLOWS ENGLISH TEXT
MESSAGE BILINGUE - LE TEXTE FRANCAIS SUIT LE TEXTE ANGLAIS

DUE TO A FEW CHALLENGES, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHANGES OUTLINED
IN THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN DELAYED. THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR
IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER 2012. IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO
IMPLEMENT OCCURS IN SEPTEMBER, THE NEW IMPLEMENTATION DATE WILL BE
CONFIRMED WITH TWO WEEKS NOTICE.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA PLANS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE
PUBLIC WARNING PROGRAM:

1. ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS
FOR ALL PUBLIC AREAS ACROSS CANADA:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING (WUCN)
TORNADO WARNING (WFCN)
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN (WWCN)

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND TORNADO WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE TRANSMITTED USING THE WUCN AND WFCN HEADERS, RESPECTIVELY. THERE
WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE FORMAT OF THESE MESSAGES.

THE SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSMITTED USING
THE WWCN HEADER. THE WWCN BULLETIN WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE ANY
INFORMATION REGARDING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND TORNADO
WARNINGS, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF ALL REMAINING
PUBLIC WARNINGS AND WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EACH PUBLIC AREA.

THE FOLLOWING BULLETINS ARE AFFECTED:

WWCN11 CWHX (ENGLISH) WWCN71 CWHX (FRENCH)
WWCN13 CWHX (ENG) WWCN73 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN14 CWHX (ENG) WWCN74 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN15 CWHX (ENG) WWCN75 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN16 CWHX (ENG) WWCN76 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN17 CWHX (ENG) WWCN77 CWHX (FRE)

WWCN11 CWNT (ENG) WWCN71 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN12 CWNT (ENG) WWCN72 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN13 CWNT (ENG) WWCN73 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN14 CWNT (ENG) WWCN74 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN15 CWNT (ENG) WWCN75 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN16 CWNT (ENG) WWCN76 CWNT (FRE)

WWCN11 CWTO (ENG) WWCN71 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN12 CWTO (ENG) WWCN72 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN13 CWTO (ENG) WWCN73 CWTO (FRE)

WWCN10 CWUL (ENG) WWCN70 CWUL (FRE)

WWCN11 CWVR (ENG) WWCN71 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN13 CWVR (ENG) WWCN73 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN19 CWVR (ENG) WWCN79 CWVR (FRE)

WWCN11 CWWG (ENG) WWCN71 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN12 CWWG (ENG) WWCN72 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN13 CWWG (ENG) WWCN73 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN14 CWWG (ENG) WWCN74 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN15 CWWG (ENG) WWCN75 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN16 CWWG (ENG) WWCN76 CWWG (FRE)

2. THE WARNING CONTENT WITHIN ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
(WUCN) AND ALL TORNADO WARNINGS (WFCN) WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING
ADDITIONAL WARNING INFORMATION IMPROVEMENTS:

A FORECAST VALID TIME FOR EACH ALERT BULLETIN,

IMPACT STATEMENTS AND CALL TO ACTION STATEMENTS LINKED TO THE
DEGREE OF SEVERITY AND DEGREE OF CERTAINTY OF THE SEVERE WEATHER
HAZARDS PREDICTED WITHIN EACH ALERT.

3. A NEW SUMMARY OF ALL ACTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND ALL
ACTIVE TORNADO WARNINGS WILL ALSO BECOME AVAILABLE, IN A SEPARATE
MESSAGE CALLED THE ALERT MESSAGE SUMMARY. THE ALERT MESSAGE SUMMARY
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE FOLLOWING NEW HEADERS:

WWCN51 CWHX (ENGLISH) WWCN61 CWHX (FRENCH)
WWCN53 CWHX (ENG) WWCN63 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN54 CWHX (ENG) WWCN64 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN55 CWHX (ENG) WWCN65 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN56 CWHX (ENG) WWCN66 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN57 CWHX (ENG) WWCN67 CWHX (FRE)

WWCN51 CWNT (ENG) WWCN61 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN52 CWNT (ENG) WWCN62 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN53 CWNT (ENG) WWCN63 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN54 CWNT (ENG) WWCN64 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN55 CWNT (ENG) WWCN65 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN56 CWNT (ENG) WWCN66 CWNT (FRE)

WWCN51 CWTO (ENG) WWCN61 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN52 CWTO (ENG) WWCN62 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN53 CWTO (ENG) WWCN63 CWTO (FRE)

WWCN50 CWUL (ENG) WWCN60 CWUL (FRE)

WWCN51 CWVR (ENG) WWCN61 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN53 CWVR (ENG) WWCN63 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN59 CWVR (ENG) WWCN69 CWVR (FRE)

WWCN51 CWWG (ENG) WWCN61 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN52 CWWG (ENG) WWCN62 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN53 CWWG (ENG) WWCN63 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN54 CWWG (ENG) WWCN64 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN55 CWWG (ENG) WWCN65 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN56 CWWG (ENG) WWCN66 CWWG (FRE)

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THESE CHANGES PLEASE CONTACT:
JOANNE ST-COEUR
PHONE: (613) 947-9382
E-MAIL: JOANNE.ST-COEUR(AT)EC.GC.CA

A COMPTER DU 4 JUILLET 2012 A 1500 UTC, ENVIRONNEMENT CANADA
APPORTERA LES CHANGEMENTS SUIVANTS AU PROGRAMME D'AVERTISSEMENT
PUBLIC :

EN RAISON DE CERTAINS DEFIS, LA MISE EN OEUVRE DES CHANGEMENTS
ENONCES DANS CET AVIS A ETE *bleep*EE. LA PROCHAINE DATE POSSIBLE
POUR L'IMPLEMENTATION EST EN SEPTEMBRE 2012. SI L'OCCASION SE
PRESENTE EN SEPTEMBRE, LA NOUVELLE DATE POUR LA MISE EN OEUVRE SERA
CONFIRMEE AVEC DEUX SEMAINES DE PRE-AVIS.

1. ENVIRONNEMENT CANADA CONTINUERA D'EMETTRE LES AVERTISSEMENTS
SUIVANTS POUR TOUTES LES ZONES PUBLIQUES DU CANADA :

ALERTE D'ORAGE VIOLENT (WUCN)
ALERTE DE TORNADE (WFCN)
BULLETIN DES CONDITIONS METEOROLOGIQUES MENACANTES (WWCN)

LES ALERTES D'ORAGE VIOLENT ET LES ALERTES DE TORNADES CONTINUERONT
D'ETRE EMISES A L'AIDE DES EN-TETES DES BULLETINS WUCN ET WFCN,
RESPECTIVEMENT. IL N'Y AURA PAS DE CHANGEMENT DANS LE FORMAT DE CES
MESSAGES.

LE BULLETIN DES CONDITIONS METEOROLOGIQUES MENACANTES CONTINUERA
D'ETRE EMIS A L'AIDE DE L'EN-TETE DU BULLETIN WWCN. LE BULLETIN
WWCN N'INCLURA PLUS DE RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR LES ALERTES D'ORAGE
VIOLENT ET LES ALERTES DE TORNADE, MAIS CONTINUERA D'INCLURE UN
RESUME DE TOUS LES AUTRES AVERTISSEMENTS ET LES VEILLES DESTINEES
AU PUBLIC EN VIGUEUR POUR CHAQUE ZONE PUBLIQUE.

LES BULLETINS SUIVANTS SONT TOUCHES :

WWCN11 CWHX (ANGLAIS) WWCN71 CWHX (FRANCAIS)
WWCN13 CWHX (ANG) WWCN73 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN14 CWHX (ANG) WWCN74 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN15 CWHX (ANG) WWCN75 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN16 CWHX (ANG) WWCN76 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN17 CWHX (ANG) WWCN77 CWHX (FRA)

WWCN11 CWNT (ANG) WWCN71 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN12 CWNT (ANG) WWCN72 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN13 CWNT (ANG) WWCN73 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN14 CWNT (ANG) WWCN74 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN15 CWNT (ANG) WWCN75 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN16 CWNT (ANG) WWCN76 CWNT (FRA)

WWCN11 CWTO (ANG) WWCN71 CWTO(FRA)
WWCN12 CWTO (ANG) WWCN72 CWTO (FRA)
WWCN13 CWTO (ANG) WWCN73 CWTO (FRA)

WWCN10 CWUL (ANG) WWCN70 CWUL (FRA)

WWCN11 CWVR(ANG) WWCN71 CWVR (FRA)
WWCN13 CWVR (ANG) WWCN73 CWVR (FRA)
WWCN19 CWVR (ANG) WWCN79 CWVR (FRA)

WWCN11 CWWG (ANG) WWCN71 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN12 CWWG (ANG) WWCN72 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN13 CWWG (ANG) WWCN73 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN14 CWWG (ANG) WWCN74 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN15 CWWG (ANG) WWCN75 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN16 CWWG (ANG) WWCN76 CWWG (FRA)

2. LE CONTENU DE TOUTES LES ALERTES D'ORAGE VIOLENT
(WUCN) ET DE TOUTES LES ALERTES DE TORNADE (WFCN) COMPRENDRA
LES AMELIORATIONS SUPPLEMENTAIRES SUIVANTES :

UNE PERIODE DE VALIDITE DE PREVISION POUR CHAQUE BULLETIN,

DES ENONCES RELATIFS AUX IMPACTS ET AUX ACTIONS RECOMMANDEES LIES
AU DEGRE DE GRAVITE ET AU DEGRE DE CERTITUDE DES PHENOMENES
METEOROLOGIQUES VIOLENTS PREVUS DANS CHAQUE ALERTE.

3. UN RESUME DE TOUTES LES ALERTES D'ORAGE VIOLENT EN VIGUEUR ET DE
TOUTES LES ALERTES DE TORNADE EN VIGUEUR SERA DISPONIBLE DANS UN
MESSAGE DISTINCT APPELE SOMMAIRE DES ALERTES. LES BULLETINS DE
SOMMAIRE DES ALERTES SERONT EMIS AVEC LES EN-TETES SUIVANTS :

WWCN51 CWHX (ANGLAIS) WWCN61 CWHX (FRANCAIS)
WWCN53 CWHX (ANG) WWCN63 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN54 CWHX (ANG) WWCN64 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN55 CWHX (ANG) WWCN65 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN56 CWHX (ANG) WWCN66 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN57 CWHX (ANG) WWCN67 CWHX (FRA)

WWCN51 CWNT (ANG) WWCN61 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN52 CWNT (ANG) WWCN62 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN53 CWNT (ANG) WWCN63 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN54 CWNT (ANG) WWCN64 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN55 CWNT (ANG) WWCN65 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN56 CWNT (ANG) WWCN66 CWNT (FRA)

WWCN51 CWTO (ANG) WWCN61 CWTO (FRA)
WWCN52 CWTO (ANG) WWCN62 CWTO (FRA)
WWCN53 CWTO (ANG) WWCN63 CWTO (FRA)

WWCN50 CWUL (ANG) WWCN60 CWUL (FRA)

WWCN51 CWVR (ANG) WWCN61 CWVR (FRA)
WWCN53 CWVR (ANG) WWCN63 CWVR (FRA)
WWCN59 CWVR (ANG) WWCN69 CWVR (FRA)

WWCN51 CWWG (ANG) WWCN61 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN52 CWWG (ANG) WWCN62 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN53 CWWG (ANG) WWCN63 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN54 CWWG (ANG) WWCN64 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN55 CWWG (ANG) WWCN65 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN56 CWWG (ANG) WWCN66 CWWG (FRA)

POUR OBTENIR PLUS DE RENSEIGNEMENTS CONCERNANT CES CHANGEMENTS,
VEUILLEZ COMMUNIQUER AVEC :
JOANNE ST-COEUR
TELEPHONE : 613-947-9382
COURRIEL : JOANNE.ST-COEUR(AT)EC.GC.CA

GRIMES/ ADMA / SMA -SMC OTTAWA

Ontario Forest Fires

Not sure if anyone is interested but along with my weather warning emails lists I have made a twitter feed and tweets out the MNR fire page at http://forest.lrc.gov.on.ca/AFFM/fire/inte...map_English.htm


http://twitter.com/ontariofires


Jason
www.weatherserver.net

Algonquin Park East Side Fire Closures

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has closed access to the "East Side" of Algonquin Park and all Crown land on the Barron Canyon Road due to a forest fire currently burning out of control within the boundaries of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa.

Due to the ongoing forest fire currently burning on CFB Petawawa property directly adjacent to the Algonquin Park boundary (between the Petawawa River and the Barron River); the Lake Traverse Road – Barron Canyon Road has been closed and no access to the east side of Algonquin Park is available.

At this time, (Saturday 8:15am) the fire has not entered Algonquin Park. McManus Lake, Achray Campground, and backcountry lakes in this area are being evacuated today. This is a precautionary measure and is proceeding in an orderly fashion without incident. The road block will be located on County Road 28 near the Algonquin Portage Store (Schinke's store). At this time it is unknown how long the road closure and east side of Algonquin Park closure will be in place.
The following areas are closed in Algonquin Park until further notice:

Mallard (Sec) Lake Access Point (#20)
McManus Lake Access Point (#21)
Achray - Grand Lake Access Point (#22)
Lake Travers Access Point (#23)
Eastern Pines Backpacking Trail
Sand Lake Gate
Crooked Chute Ranger Cabin
Wenda Lake Ranger Cabin
Barron Canyon Trail
Berm Lake Trail

Changes to Severe Weather Bulletins at EC

ALERT: Received the following bulletin at Thu May 17 15:09:08 2012 GMT
NOCN04 CWAO 171516

GENOT NO. 005

BILINGUAL MESSAGE - FRENCH TEXT FOLLOWS ENGLISH TEXT MESSAGE BILINGUE -
LE TEXTE FRANCAIS SUIT LE TEXTE ANGLAIS

EFFECTIVE 4 JULY 2012 AT 1500 UTC, ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL MAKE THE
FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC ALERTING PROGRAM:

1. ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS FOR
ALL PUBLIC AREAS ACROSS CANADA:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING (WUCN)
TORNADO WARNING (WFCN)
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN (WWCN)

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND TORNADO WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
TRANSMITTED USING THE WUCN AND WFCN HEADERS, RESPECTIVELY. THERE WILL BE
NO CHANGE IN THE FORMAT OF THESE MESSAGES.

THE SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSMITTED USING THE
WWCN HEADER. THE WWCN BULLETIN WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE ANY INFORMATION
REGARDING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND TORNADO WARNINGS, BUT
WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF ALL REMAINING PUBLIC WARNINGS AND
WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EACH PUBLIC AREA.

THE FOLLOWING BULLETINS ARE AFFECTED:

WWCN11 CWHX (ENGLISH) WWCN71 CWHX (FRENCH)
WWCN13 CWHX (ENG) WWCN73 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN14 CWHX (ENG) WWCN74 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN15 CWHX (ENG) WWCN75 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN16 CWHX (ENG) WWCN76 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN17 CWHX (ENG) WWCN77 CWHX (FRE)

WWCN11 CWNT (ENG) WWCN71 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN12 CWNT (ENG) WWCN72 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN13 CWNT (ENG) WWCN73 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN14 CWNT (ENG) WWCN74 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN15 CWNT (ENG) WWCN75 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN16 CWNT (ENG) WWCN76 CWNT (FRE)

WWCN11 CWTO (ENG) WWCN71 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN12 CWTO (ENG) WWCN72 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN13 CWTO (ENG) WWCN73 CWTO (FRE)

WWCN10 CWUL (ENG) WWCN70 CWUL (FRE)

WWCN11 CWVR (ENG) WWCN71 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN13 CWVR (ENG) WWCN73 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN19 CWVR (ENG) WWCN79 CWVR (FRE)

WWCN11 CWWG (ENG) WWCN71 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN12 CWWG (ENG) WWCN72 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN13 CWWG (ENG) WWCN73 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN14 CWWG (ENG) WWCN74 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN15 CWWG (ENG) WWCN75 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN16 CWWG (ENG) WWCN76 CWWG (FRE)

2. THE WARNING CONTENT WITHIN ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
(WUCN) AND ALL TORNADO WARNINGS (WFCN) WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING
ADDITIONAL WARNING INFORMATION IMPROVEMENTS:

A FORECAST VALID TIME FOR EACH ALERT BULLETIN,

IMPACT STATEMENTS AND CALL TO ACTION STATEMENTS LINKED TO THE DEGREE OF
SEVERITY AND DEGREE OF CERTAINTY OF THE SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS PREDICTED
WITHIN EACH ALERT.

3. A SUMMARY OF ALL ACTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND ALL ACTIVE
TORNADO WARNINGS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN JULY 2012, IN A SEPARATE
MESSAGE CALLED THE ALERT MESSAGE SUMMARY. THE ALERT MESSAGE SUMMARY
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE FOLLOWING NEW
HEADERS:

WWCN51 CWHX (ENGLISH) WWCN61 CWHX (FRENCH)
WWCN53 CWHX (ENG) WWCN63 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN54 CWHX (ENG) WWCN64 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN55 CWHX (ENG) WWCN65 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN56 CWHX (ENG) WWCN66 CWHX (FRE)
WWCN57 CWHX (ENG) WWCN67 CWHX (FRE)

WWCN51 CWNT (ENG) WWCN61 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN52 CWNT (ENG) WWCN62 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN53 CWNT (ENG) WWCN63 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN54 CWNT (ENG) WWCN64 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN55 CWNT (ENG) WWCN65 CWNT (FRE)
WWCN56 CWNT (ENG) WWCN66 CWNT (FRE)

WWCN51 CWTO (ENG) WWCN61 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN52 CWTO (ENG) WWCN62 CWTO (FRE)
WWCN53 CWTO (ENG) WWCN63 CWTO (FRE)

WWCN50 CWUL (ENG) WWCN60 CWUL (FRE)

WWCN51 CWVR (ENG) WWCN61 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN53 CWVR (ENG) WWCN63 CWVR (FRE)
WWCN59 CWVR (ENG) WWCN69 CWVR (FRE)

WWCN51 CWWG (ENG) WWCN61 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN52 CWWG (ENG) WWCN62 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN53 CWWG (ENG) WWCN63 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN54 CWWG (ENG) WWCN64 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN55 CWWG (ENG) WWCN65 CWWG (FRE)
WWCN56 CWWG (ENG) WWCN66 CWWG (FRE)

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A COMPTER DU 4 JUILLET 2012 A 1500 UTC, ENVIRONNEMENT CANADA APPORTERA
LES CHANGEMENTS SUIVANTS AU PROGRAMME D'AVERTISSEMENT PUBLIC :

1. ENVIRONNEMENT CANADA CONTINUERA D'EMETTRE LES AVERTISSEMENTS SUIVANTS
POUR TOUTES LES ZONES PUBLIQUES DU CANADA :

ALERTE D'ORAGE VIOLENT (WUCN)
ALERTE DE TORNADE (WFCN)
BULLETIN DES CONDITIONS METEOROLOGIQUES MENACANTES (WWCN)

LES ALERTES D'ORAGE VIOLENT ET LES ALERTES DE TORNADES CONTINUERONT
D'ETRE EMISES A L'AIDE DES EN-TETES DES BULLETINS WUCN ET WFCN,
RESPECTIVEMENT. IL N'Y AURA PAS DE CHANGEMENT DANS LE FORMAT DE CES
MESSAGES.

LE BULLETIN DES CONDITIONS METEOROLOGIQUES MENACANTES CONTINUERA D'ETRE
EMIS A L'AIDE DE L'EN-TETE DU BULLETIN WWCN. LE BULLETIN WWCN N'INCLURA
PLUS DE RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR LES ALERTES D'ORAGE VIOLENT ET LES ALERTES DE
TORNADE, MAIS CONTINUERA D'INCLURE UN RESUME DE TOUS LES AUTRES
AVERTISSEMENTS ET LES VEILLES DESTINEES AU PUBLIC EN VIGUEUR POUR CHAQUE
ZONE PUBLIQUE.

LES BULLETINS SUIVANTS SONT TOUCHES :

WWCN11 CWHX (ANGLAIS) WWCN71 CWHX (FRANCAIS)
WWCN13 CWHX (ANG) WWCN73 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN14 CWHX (ANG) WWCN74 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN15 CWHX (ANG) WWCN75 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN16 CWHX (ANG) WWCN76 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN17 CWHX (ANG) WWCN77 CWHX (FRA)

WWCN11 CWNT (ANG) WWCN71 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN12 CWNT (ANG) WWCN72 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN13 CWNT (ANG) WWCN73 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN14 CWNT (ANG) WWCN74 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN15 CWNT (ANG) WWCN75 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN16 CWNT (ANG) WWCN76 CWNT (FRA)

WWCN11 CWTO (ANG) WWCN71 CWTO(FRA)
WWCN12 CWTO (ANG) WWCN72 CWTO (FRA)
WWCN13 CWTO (ANG) WWCN73 CWTO (FRA)

WWCN10 CWUL (ANG) WWCN70 CWUL (FRA)

WWCN11 CWVR(ANG) WWCN71 CWVR (FRA)
WWCN13 CWVR (ANG) WWCN73 CWVR (FRA)
WWCN19 CWVR (ANG) WWCN79 CWVR (FRA)

WWCN11 CWWG (ANG) WWCN71 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN12 CWWG (ANG) WWCN72 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN13 CWWG (ANG) WWCN73 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN14 CWWG (ANG) WWCN74 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN15 CWWG (ANG) WWCN75 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN16 CWWG (ANG) WWCN76 CWWG (FRA)

2. LE CONTENU DE TOUTES LES ALERTES D'ORAGE VIOLENT
(WUCN) ET DE TOUTES LES ALERTES DE TORNADE (WFCN) COMPRENDRA LES
AMELIORATIONS SUPPLEMENTAIRES SUIVANTES :

UNE PERIODE DE VALIDITE DE PREVISION POUR CHAQUE BULLETIN,

DES ENONCES RELATIFS AUX IMPACTS ET AUX ACTIONS RECOMMANDEES LIES AU
DEGRE DE GRAVITE ET AU DEGRE DE CERTITUDE DES PHENOMENES METEOROLOGIQUES
VIOLENTS PREVUS DANS CHAQUE ALERTE.

3. UN RESUME DE TOUTES LES ALERTES D'ORAGE VIOLENT EN VIGUEUR ET DE
TOUTES LES ALERTES DE TORNADE EN VIGUEUR SERA DISPONIBLE EN JUILLET
2012 DANS UN MESSAGE DISTINCT APPELE SOMMAIRE DES ALERTES. LES BULLETINS
DE SOMMAIRE DES ALERTES SERONT EMIS AVEC LES EN-TETES SUIVANTS :

WWCN51 CWHX (ANGLAIS) WWCN61 CWHX (FRANCAIS)
WWCN53 CWHX (ANG) WWCN63 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN54 CWHX (ANG) WWCN64 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN55 CWHX (ANG) WWCN65 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN56 CWHX (ANG) WWCN66 CWHX (FRA)
WWCN57 CWHX (ANG) WWCN67 CWHX (FRA)

WWCN51 CWNT (ANG) WWCN61 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN52 CWNT (ANG) WWCN62 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN53 CWNT (ANG) WWCN63 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN54 CWNT (ANG) WWCN64 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN55 CWNT (ANG) WWCN65 CWNT (FRA)
WWCN56 CWNT (ANG) WWCN66 CWNT (FRA)

WWCN51 CWTO (ANG) WWCN61 CWTO (FRA)
WWCN52 CWTO (ANG) WWCN62 CWTO (FRA)
WWCN53 CWTO (ANG) WWCN63 CWTO (FRA)

WWCN50 CWUL (ANG) WWCN60 CWUL (FRA)

WWCN51 CWVR (ANG) WWCN61 CWVR (FRA)
WWCN53 CWVR (ANG) WWCN63 CWVR (FRA)
WWCN59 CWVR (ANG) WWCN69 CWVR (FRA)

WWCN51 CWWG (ANG) WWCN61 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN52 CWWG (ANG) WWCN62 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN53 CWWG (ANG) WWCN63 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN54 CWWG (ANG) WWCN64 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN55 CWWG (ANG) WWCN65 CWWG (FRA)
WWCN56 CWWG (ANG) WWCN66 CWWG (FRA)