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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-72
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
320 PM EST WED DEC 5 2001
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THOMAS GRAZIANO
CHIEF...SERVICES BRANCH...HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: END-STATE WMO/PIL PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS GO INTO EFFECT
FOR WESTERN REGION WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES HYDROLOGIC
PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15 2002
ON TUESDAY JANUARY 15 2002...AT 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/...24 NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ IN THE WESTERN U.S. WILL COMPLETE
TRANSITION TO END-STATE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/
COMMUNICATION HEADERS FOR THEIR HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS...SEE
TABLE 1. THE SECOND LINE OF THE PRODUCT HEADER...KNOWN AS THE
AWIPS IDENTIFIER...WILL ALSO BE FINALIZED TO REFLECT MODERN SITE
LOCATION IDENTIFIERS /E.G... GTF WILL BECOME TFX... ETC./. THIS
WILL AFFECT HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS ISSUED BY OFFICES IN THE
FOLLOWING STATES: OREGON...WASHINGTON...CALIFORNIA...
ARIZONA...NEVADA...UTAH...IDAHO...AND MONTANA.
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING OCCUR ON JANUARY 15...AN
ALTERNATE TRANSITION DATE OF JANUARY 17 2002 AT 9 AM PST
/10 AM MST/ WILL BE USED.
TABLE 1 - PRODUCTS AFFECTED
ESF ... HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
FFA ... FLOOD WATCH
FFW ... FLASH FLOOD WARNING
FLW ... FLOOD WARNING
FLS ... FLOOD STATEMENT
RVS ... HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
TO ASSIST NWS CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH THIS TRANSITION...A
SPECIAL WEB SITE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. THE SITE LISTS ALL OF THE
WESTERN REGION WFO HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS AND THEIR END STATE
HEADERS. THE WEB SITE ADDRESS IS /USE LOWER CASE/:
http://www2.wrh.noaa.gov/public/hydwmo
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL USERS OF NWS HYDROLOGIC
PRODUCTS ORIGINATING FROM THE WESTERN U.S. REFER TO THIS WEB
SITE...AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES
EXACTLY MATCH THE HEADERS LISTED...STARTING ON JANUARY 15.
FAILURE TO DO SO WILL PREVENT WARNINGS OR OTHER HIGH PRIORITY
MESSAGES FROM REACHING THEIR INTENDED AUDIENCE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...PLEASE
CALL YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN THE WESTERN
REGION OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NWS WESTERN REGION CONTACTS IN
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH:
MICHELLE SCHMIDT 801-524-5137
GREGG RISHEL 801-524-5120
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/
www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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