AFOS msg - # of watches approaches 1000

• To: F.OSTBY(REC), R.SHEETS(REC), J.MCCALL.NDBC,
• Subject: AFOS msg - # of watches approaches 1000
• From: C.ALEX
• Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1993 13:01:19 -0700

Forwarded message:

Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 1993   6:02 PM EST              Msg: JGJD-5988-3454
        L.MILLER.UCAR(REC)
CC:     J.HENDERSON.NWS(REC)
Subj:   AFOS msg - # of watches approaches 1000       
I sent the following message on AFOS, NWWS, and through the NWS 
Telecommunications Gateway to the following users:  Family of Services
(Public Products Service, Domestic Data Service, International Data Service),
Weather Message Switching Center (WMSC)/FAA, Honolulu, AWIPS and ISPAN text 
lines, Canadian AES/Montreal, National Data Buoy Center.  I also sent it via 
cc:Mail to the 6 NWS Regional MSD Chiefs, and selected NWS program leaders.

NOTE (FYI):  Just because I sent it to all these comms lines doesn't
NECESSARILY mean that all users who get data via these circuits data base 
and/or read the message, but I did the best I could.

I sent this message under 3 different AFOS/WMO header identifiers, to ensure 
the widest possible distribution.  They are:

AFOS PIL      WMO HEADER

WSHPNSWSH     ADMN81 KWBC
WSHPNSNMC     NOUS41 KWBC
WSHPNSFOS     NOFS11 KWBC

LAST NOTE:  Since it was late in the afternoon when I sent this out, I plan to 
redistribute all 3 messages tomorrow afternoon, between 2 and 4 PM EST.

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WSHPNSWSH
ADMN81 KWBC 18HHMM

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
515 PM EST THU NOV 18 1993


TO:       ALL NWS OFFICES AND USERS OF TORNADO AND SEVERE
          THUNDERSTORM WATCHES

FROM:     JIM HENDERSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
          NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER

SUBJECT:  TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER
          APPROACHES 1000


The National Severe Storms Forecast Center (NSSFC) issued Tornado
Watch 951 yesterday.  Internally within the National Weather
Service, we have had to make software changes in some of our
programs in anticipation that the NSSFC may issue over 1,000
watches before the year is out.  Our programs have always been
set to accept 3 digit watch numbers, but this year we may get to
four digits.  If you have a software program that utilizes the
many products pertaining to watches issued by NSSFC, you may want
to check that program to see if it will accept a four digit
number, and make any necessary adjustments.

For further, information, on this subject, you can check with
Frederick P. Ostby, Director of NSSFC at 816-426-5922.

SENT - W/OM23
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