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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
315 PM EST WED MAR 25 1998
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICE
SUBJECT WINTER STORM AND NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER WARNINGS
FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES TO TAKE ON A NEW
LOOK...EFFECTIVE JUNE 2 1998
BEGINNING JUNE 2 1998 AT 0800 AM EDT / 1200 UNIVERSAL TIME
COORDINATED /UTC/... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICES WILL ADOPT A NEW FORMAT FOR WINTER STORM AND NON-
PRECIPITATION WEATHER HAZARD MESSAGES. THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE
ISSUED IN A SEGMENTED STYLE FORMAT INSTEAD OF THE PARAGRAPH STYLE
CURRENTLY USED. THE NEW STYLE WILL LOOK MUCH LIKE THE SHORT-TERM
FORECAST FORMAT WITH EACH SEGMENT SPLIT BY UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC
CODE /UGC/ STRINGS.
THIS FORMAT ALLOWS FOR SHORT... BUT VERY SPECIFIC FORECASTS FOR
MULTIPLE AREAS/ZONES/COUNTIES UNDER...GENERALLY...ONE MESSAGE
HEADLINE VERSUS THE PRESENT FORMAT OF RELATIVELY LENGTHY PRODUCTS
WITH MULTIPLE HEADLINES. THE FORMAT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO
AUTOMATION SO THAT THE MESSAGE CAN BE EASILY DISPLAYED OR
MANIPULATED BY CUSTOMERS.
THE WINTER WEATHER AND NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER HAZARD OUTLOOK
INFORMATION WILL BE CONTAINED IN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS
/SPS/. ALL OTHER PRODUCTS /STATEMENTS... WATCHES...
ADVISORIES... WARNINGS... CANCELLATIONS/ WILL USE AFOS
IDENTIFIERS WSW AND NPW... RESPECTIVELY.
NO PRODUCT IDENTIFIER/HEADER CHANGES AND NO UGC CHANGES ARE
REQUIRED BY NWWS...FOS...OR OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS. THE MASS NEWS
DISSEMINATOR /MND/ HEADERS SHALL BE /URGENT - WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGE/ FOR WSW AND /URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE/ FOR NPW.
THE GENERIC WSW/NPW PRODUCT FORMAT FOLLOWS:
CCCNNNXXX /NWWS ID LINE ONLY/ NNN IS NPW OR WSW
TTAA00 KXXX DDHHMM
NNNXXX /FOR WMO/FOS ONLY/ NNN IS NPW OR WSW
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE /OR WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NAME ST
HHMM AM/PM LT DAY MTH DD YYYY
...OVERVIEW HEADLINE... /OPTIONAL/
.OVERVIEW WITH GENERAL INFORMATION /OPTIONAL/
STZXXX-XXX-XXX-DDHHMM-
COUNTIES INCLUDED-
CITIES INCLUDED- /OPTIONAL BY REGION OR AREAL DESCRIPTORS/
HHMM AM/PM LT DAY MTH DD YYYY
...HEADLINE TEXT...
TEXT
$$
STZXXX-XXX-DDHHMM-
COUNTIES INCLUDED-
CITIES INCLUDED- /OPTIONAL BY REGION OR AREAL DESCRIPTOR/
HHMM AM/PM LT DAY MTH DD YYYY
...HEADLINE TEXT...
TEXT
$$
ETC.
SURNAME /OPTIONAL/
END OF GENERIC FORMAT
........................
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS...PLEASE CONTACT
JANNIE L. GIBSON
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY W/OM12
1325 EAST WEST HWY... SSMC2
SILVER SPRING MD 20910
PH. 301-713-1726 EXT. 149
...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY/S HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION. THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTIFICATION SECTION
/IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/ IS
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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