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ADMNFD SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD 850 AM EST TUE FEB 05 2008CRITICAL WEATHER DAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS REQUESTED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A REGIONAL CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...CWD. THE CWD WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 5/1300Z - 6/1200Z.
A REGIONAL CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...CWD...WAS DECLARED AT 1300Z TUE FEB 5 2008 AND WILL EXTEND UNTIL 1200Z WED FEB 6 2008. THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CWD AREA...
ALL OF THE NWS SOUTHERN REGION. ALSO INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF THE NWS CENTRAL REGION INCLUDING...S. MO...S. IL...S. IN... W. KY. NCEP/NWSTG AND THE NCF ARE ALSO INCLUDED TO ENSURE A RELIABLE FLOW OF WEATHER DATA. ALL SCHEDULED SOFTWARE/HARDWARE/NETWORKCHANGES FOR THE IMPACTED OFFICES WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE CWD HAS ENDED. EMERGENCY CHANGES WILL BE EVALUATED AND APPROVED BY THE LOCAL/REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. NWS OFFICES SHOULD CONTACT THEIR REGIONAL OFFICES FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CWD.
A GOES EAST RSO WAS APPROVED FOR SPC DUE TO A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE MID SOUTH...RSO TIME APPROVED FROM 1426Z TO 2/6 0026Z... THE 12Z NAM STARTED ON TIME. RAOBS...YAK/70361 - 10142 FGZ/72376 - 10159 PASY/70414 - NOT IN FOR NAM $$ KNEAS/SDM/NCO/NCEP ALL NCEP MODEL GRIB1 PRODUCTS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED FROM THE NCEP AND NWSTG PUBLICFTP AND HTTP SERVERS. ALL USERS OF GRIB DATA ON THESE SERVERS SHOULD HAVE TRANSITIONED TO GRIB2 PRODUCTS.
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