20010413: Eastern Reg WMO headers-

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• Subject: 20010413: Eastern Reg WMO headers-
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 06:40:13 -0600

NOUS40KWBC 131157
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1917          APRIL 13... 2001

ATTENTION  FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS

SUBJECT    EASTERN REGION WMO HEADING TRANSITION

EFFECTIVE MAY 8... 2001

ON TUESDAY MAY 8 2001...AT NOON EDT OR 1600 UTC...23 NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/... IN THE EASTERN U.S. WILL
COMPLETE THEIR TRANSITION TO END-STATE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION /WMO/ COMMUNICATION HEADINGS FOR 302 HIGH PRIORITY
PRODUCTS. THE SECOND LINE OF THE COMMUNICATION HEADING...KNOWN
AS THE AWIPS IDENTIFIER...WILL ALSO BE FINALIZED TO REFLECT
MODERN SITE LOCATION IDENTIFIERS.

IF A MODERATE OR GREATER RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING
IS POSTED FOR ANY AREA OF THE U.S. ON MAY 8 BY THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION...AN ALTERNATE
TRANSITION DATE OF MAY 10 2001 AT NOON EDT WILL BE USED.

TO ASSIST NWS CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH THIS TRANSITION...A
SPECIAL WEB SITE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.  THE SITE LISTS ALL OF THE
CRITICAL PRODUCTS IN MULTIPLE GROUPINGS TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY
OF CUSTOMER NEEDS. THE WEB SITE ADDRESS IS

    HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/HQ/WMO/WMO/UNDERSCORE/.HTM

ALL CHANGES FROM CURRENT HEADINGS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN COLOR...AND
ARE CONVENIENTLY SORTED BY PRODUCT CATEGORY...WMO HEADER...WFO
NAME AND THE STATE TO WHICH THE PRODUCT APPLIES.  THE PRODUCT
LIST CAN ALSO BE DOWNLOADED FROM THIS WEB SITE INTO A TEXT
FILE WHICH CAN BE IMPORTED INTO ANY SPREADSHEET FOR
CUSTOMER-SPECIFIED SORTING.  SEE TABLE 1 FOR A SAMPLE
HEADING CHANGE.

TABLE 1.  SAMPLE WMO/AWIPS ID CHANGE

PRODUCT NAME            OLD WMO/AWIPS ID     NEW WMO/AWIPS ID

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING   FZUS68 KBOS DDHHMM   WHUS41 KBOX DDHHMM
                       CFWBOS               CFWBOX

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL USERS OF NWS PRODUCTS
ORIGINATING FROM THE EASTERN U.S. REFER TO THIS WEB SITE...
AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES
EXACTLY MATCH THE WMO HEADINGS LISTED...AS OF NOON ON MAY 8.
FAILURE TO DO SO WILL PREVENT WARNING OR OTHER HIGH PRIORITY
MESSAGES FROM REACHING THEIR INTENDED AUDIENCE.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...
PLEASE CALL ONE OF THE NWS EASTERN REGION OFFICE CONTACTS IN
BOHEMIA NEW YORK

    RICK WATLING 631-244-0123
    ANDY NASH    631-244-0125
    LAURIE HOGAN 631-244-0114

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/

    WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM


FOR FOS/NOAAPORT QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT JULIE HAYES
PHONE  301 713-0864 EXTENSION 120
EMAIL  JULIE.HAYES/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV


FOR NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS
TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.

FRED BRANSKI
TEAM LEADER FOR DATA MANAGEMENT
PHONE  301 713-0864 EXTENSION 146
EMAIL  FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV


WALTER SMITH
SENIOR DATA MANAGER
PHONE  301 713-0864 EXTENSION 139
EMAIL  WALTER.SMITH/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV


RICHARD ROBINSON
DATA MANAGER
PHONE  301 713-0864 EXTENSION 179
EMAIL  RICHARD.ROBINSON/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV


THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML

DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS