ACWIN-FL-ALACHUA-SEVERE-L

LIST PURPOSE

Welcome to the ACWIN-FL-ALACHUA-SEVERE-L listgroup!

This list is for the distribution of severe weather-related bulletins only. No posting/discussions allowed.

The ACWIN-FL-ALACHUA-SEVERE-L list was created to aid in the dissemination of SEVERE weather-related bulletins and announcements to the residents of Alachua County. The listgroup is subdivided into numerous "topics" to choose from - each "topic" relating to a specific bulletin that can be turned on or off at your own command. A list of the available bulletin topics is further below.

(NOTE: We tried to create the lists without the "-L" in teh listname but the powers that be insisted, unfortunately.) :o(

SUBSCRIPTION INFO

To subscribe to ACWIN-FL-ALACHUA-SEVERE-L, simply send an e-mail to listserv@lists.ufl.edu using the following single-line syntax in the message BODY (the subject may be left blank):

Thus, if your name was `John Doe' you would send the following to listserv@lists.ufl.edu:

AVAILABLE TOPICS

Here are the "topic" areas that are now available to choose from within the ACWIN-FL-ALACHUA-SEVERE-L listgroup. First is the topic name (which happens to also be the bulletin abbreviation), followed by the bulletin name.

Severe Weather:

• FFAJAX: Flash Flood WATCH
• FFSJAX: Flash Flood Statement
• FFWJAX: Flash Flood WARNING
• FLSJAX: Flood Statement
• FLWJAX: Flood WARNING
• NPWJAX: Non-Precipitation Watches, Warnings, Advisories
• SPSJAX: Special Weather Statement
• SVSJAX: Severe Weather Statement
• SVRJAX: Severe Thunderstorm WARNING
• TORJAX: Tornado WARNING
• WCNJAX: Weather Watch Clearance Notification
• WSWJAX: Winter Storm Watches, Warnings, Advisories
• SAW#: SPC Aviation Weather Warning
• SEL#: SPC Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Message
• WOU#: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch Outline Update

Hurricane-related:

• EWWJAX: Extreme Wind Warning
• HLSJAX: Hurricane Local Statement
• PSHJAX: Post-Storm Hurricane Report

Reports & Notifications:

• LSRJAX: SPC Preliminary Local Storm Report (Jacksonville CWA)

There are many more severe weather-related bulletins out there. This is for starters. The bulletins that THIS list will cater to will be for the Alachua County area. More bulletins can be added later, if anyone really needs to see or use a specific bulletin. The list server DOES have a limitation on the number of topics that any listgroup can have: a maximum of 23. If people clammor enough for more bulletins, and we start running into the 23-topic wall, then if necessary we CAN create a completely new list if need be. It's not a problem.

All new users are automatically subscribed to the following topics, by default: SVRJAX, TORJAX. However, you can turn any of them OFF if things seem to get just a little too "busy" for you.

ADDING OR REMOVING TOPICS

SUBSCRIBING TO A TOPIC:

If ever you wanted to subscribe to a topic, you'd simply send an email to the UF listserver (again, at listserv@lists.ufl.edu. Ignore the subject line. You don't have to type anything into it at all.

In the BODY of the email, type the following:

The above line would subscribe you to the "SVRJAX" topic, which is the "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" bulletin.

And you can subscribe to more than one topic at a time, too. If you wanted to subscribe to ALL of the available topics within the listgroup, you would send the following command:

You can subscribe to multiple topics at once in a single command:

This would subscribe you to the three topics SVRJAX, TORJAX, and WSWJAX.

UNSUBSCRIBING FROM A TOPIC:

To unsubscribe from any topic, you'd do it all in reverse.

...would unsubscribe you from the SVRJAX topic.

...would unsubscribe you from those three topics.

VIEWING LIST ARCHIVES

This list is archived. To view the archives, go to:

OTHER COMMANDS AVAILABLE

The following commands are also available to list users. They may be issued by sending a message to listserv@lists.ufl.edu, with the command(s) in the body of the message. Each command must be on a line by itself, but multiple commands may be included in a single message. (The `Subject:' header of the e-mail is ignored.)

• To have a copy of the list sent to you in a file, use the command:
  REVIEW listname

• To be sent more information on using LISTSERV, issue the command:
  INFO GENINTRO

UNSUBSCRIBING

To unsubscribe from this list at any time, use the following single- line syntax in an e-mail to listserv@lists.ufl.edu:

Note that to unsubscribe does not require appending your first and last name. As well, unsubscribe information will always be appended to the bottom of each e-mail sent out from the list, so that you don't have to worry about remembering it should you ever need it. The listserver knows.

MORE INFORMATION

For further information on LISTSERV lists, please see the LISTSERV Online Owners Manuals and User Guides

COMMENTS REGARDING THIS LIST

We welcome your comments and suggestions about this list. Please send your comments to the list owner at: acwin@alachuaskywarn.org.

LIST OWNERS

This list was created on July 23rd, 2009 by Todd Sherman/KB4MHH (acwin@alachuaskywarn.org).

Todd is the Coordinator of Alachua County SKYWARN, which he also founded in August of 1996 (twelve years ago as of 2009). Alachua Co. SKYWARN is a program created to teach the public about the dangers of severe weather and how to identify and report it properly to the authorities.

Todd is also the Founder and Project Manager of the Alachua County EMWIN Project (created in 2002). AC-EMWIN is basically a satellite ground station which main purpose is for gathering the latest weather bulletins from the GOES-10 weather satellite, and to redistribute those bulletins locally to the public at no cost as a public service. We distribute the bulletins in abbreviated form to cellphones, pagers, in full form to personal email, web pages, and on rare occasion even to some FAX machines. Another one of the distribution methods is via this and other listgroups. And we DO this...at NO charge, in service to everyone: civlians, businessmen, students, teachers, doctors, lawyers, police, fire/rescue, reporters...it doesn't matter.

RELATED WEB PAGES

Also, feel free to visit these web pages:

• Alachua County SKYWARN (alachuaskywarn.org)
  The organization that started it all...and we're proud of it!
• Alachua County SKYWARN Email Alert List (Yahoo)
  Alachua County SKYWARN News & Announcements.
• AC-SKYWARN Blog Page (acskywarn.blogspot.com)
  Yah. AC-SKYWARN actually has a blog page for people wh like that. :)
• AC-SKYWARN Twitter Page (twitter.com/acskywarn)
  Yup. We tweet, too. Do you?
• Index to SKYWARN Web Pages On The Internet
  Find SKYWARN programs across the country, including Canada and Puerto Rico.
• Alachua County EMWIN Project (alachuaskywarn.org/emwin)
  Information about the Alachua County EMWIN Project, which distributes the weather bulletins to all of these lists.
• AC-EMWIN Blog Page (acemwin.blogspot.com)
  (I know. I know.)
• AC-EMWIN Twitter Page (twitter.com/acemwin) Alachua County weather bulletins are now being sent to Twitter, too! Gosh! Where do we STOP! :)
• Todd Sherman's Blog Page (stormspottertodd.blogspot.com)
  I don't know WHY, but there it is.
• Todd Sherman's Twitter Page (twitter.com/stormspottertod)
  I use it now and then.