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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1120 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2007
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: ADDITION OF VALID TIME EVENT CODES FOR HARD FREEZE
WATCHES AND WARNING EFFECTIVE WITH AWIPS BUILD 7.2
EFFECTIVE WITH EACH NWS FORECAST OFFICE/S /WFO/ INSTALLATION OF
AWIPS BUILD 7.2...EACH WFO WILL BE ABLE TO ISSUE HARD FREEZE
WATCHES USING THE VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ PHENOMENA CODE
HZ.W AND HARD FREEZE WARNINGS USING THE VTEC PHENOMENA CODE HZ.A.
EACH WFO WILL COORDINATE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONAL
HEADQUARTERS TO DETERMINE IF ISSUING HARD FREEZE WATCHES/WARNINGS
IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR PUBLIC WARNING ZONES.
AWIPS BUILD 7.2 SHOULD BE DEPLOYED BY THE END OF APRIL 2007. THESE PRODUCTS...IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE...WILL BE ISSUED FOR FORECAST COLD TEMPERATURES /LOCALLY DEFINED CRITERIA/ USING THE NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER WARNING PRODUCT CATEGORY NPW.
GENERIC AWIPS ID GENERIC WMO ID NPWXXX WWAA7I CCCC NOTE:1. XXX - IS THE THREE-LETTER WFO IDENTIFIER /E.G. AKQ IS WAKEFIELD VA/ 2. AA - IS THE TWO-LETTER GEOGRAPHIC IDENTIFIER /E.G. US IS UNITED STATES/ 3. I - IS THE US STATE CROSS REFERENCE /E.G. 5 IS ROCKY MOUNTAINS/ 4. CCCC - IS THE FOUR-LETTER WFO COMMUNICATIONS ID /E.G. KBOI IS BOISE ID/ THE ABOVE CHANGE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT UPDATE TO NWS INSTRUCTION /NWSI/ 10-515...NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER PRODUCTS SPECIFICATION.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES PLEASE CONTACT:
PAUL STOKOLS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MD 20910
PHONE: 301-713-1867 EXT. 139
EMAIL: PAUL.STOKOLS@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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