I think somebody hacked into NOAA...

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/showsigwx.php%3fwarnzone=MOZ021%26warncounty=MOC049%26local_place1=Turney%26product1=NON%2BPRECIPITATION%2BSTATEMENT

[RebelOne]

1. Strange, very strange.

[SOteric]

2. It's working fine for me, just put a real parameter in the

'city, st or zip' box and hit enter.

[TheMightyFavog]

3. Try this...

Follow the link and read the non-precipitation statement.

[TheMightyFavog]

4. Looks like they Caught on and deleted it.

Anyways here's what it looked like


NON PRECIPITATION STATEMENT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
1055 AM CST WED DEC 17 2003


...TEST...TEST...TEST...

.UNUSUALLY HOT WEATHER HAS ENTERED THE REGION FOR DECEMBER...AS THE
EARTH HAS LEFT ITS ORBIT AND IS HURLING TOWARD THE SUN.

MOZ012-021-172251-
ANDREW MO-CLINTON MO-
1055 AM CST WED DEC 17 2003

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE
TONIGHT...

UNUSUALLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
AS THE EARTH DRAWS EVER NEARER TO THE SUN. THEREFORE...AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$
HEINLEIN

[pmbryant]

5. Probably was just a behind-the-scenes test that got put in the wrong place

That's my guess.

--Peter

[Renew Deal]

8. That's good stuff.

I remember when someone hacked cnbc recently and dropped the market about 2000 points. There were DUers approaching the ledges and windows. Funny stuff.

[boxster]

9. It says "test...test...test" right in the text of the message.

Obviously, that's what it was.

Edit: it is pretty funny, though. Kind of fits my warped sense of humor.

[GOPFighter]

6. How did you find that page in the first place?

Did you send an error report? (I'm a NOAA employee, but not in the Weather Service). We appreciate it when people let us know when our website is on the fritz.

[TheMightyFavog]

7. Found it on Fark.

http://www.fark.com linked to it about 15 minutes ago.

[Wonk]

10. Here's the fark thread about it.

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=760274

(snip)

What a second ... HURLING toward the sun? So the earth is blowing chunks?