dcwtch newbie question

Hi..

I am attempting to use dcwtch (not dcwAtch) to decode watch boxes from SPC for use in NMAP2. I have installed GEMPAK 5.10.2 successfully on RedHat ES 4 and am pulling wwus30 kwns files from NOAA.

What am I missing here?  A manual test on the command line via..

dcwtch -c 20070515/1700 -v 25 -d test.log 2007051717.watch < wwus30.kwns.saw.5.txt

provides no feedback to the screen (appears to run normally) with the following output stored in test.log

[811] 070521/1401[DC 3]  Starting up. Version 5.10.2
[811] 070521/1401[DC 2]  read 501/102399 bytes strt 0 newstrt 501
[811] 070521/1401[DC 2]  read 0/101898 bytes strt 501 newstrt 501
[811] 070521/1401[DC 5]  Normal termination.
[811] 070521/1401[DC 2]  Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
[811] 070521/1401[DC 6]  Shutting down.

_From the help files and the email threads it seems dcwtch is looking for wous20 or wwus30 text messages (not wwus40).. am I incorrect? If I am correct, perhaps I using the wrong command line arguments for dcwtch?
For reference here is the content wwus30.kwns.saw.5.txt

WWUS30 KWNS 151751
SAW5
SPC AWW 151751
WW 275 SEVERE TSTM IL IN MI OH LE LH 151755Z - 160200Z
AXIS..80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
20SE DNV/DANVILLE IL/ - 5ENE BAX/BAD AXE MI/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 70NM E/W /31N TTH - 34NNW ECK/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.
LAT...LON 39998883 43798450 43798129 39998581
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.

Pete



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