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The United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) was a British civilian organisation operating between 1957 and 1992 to provide UK military and civilian authorities in the event of war with data about nuclear explosions and forecasts of subsequent fallout profiles across the country.The UKWMO was established and funded by the Home Office and utilised its own premises which were mainly staffed by [Royal Observer Corps] (ROC) uniformed full-time and volunteer personnel as the fieldforce.