20040621: IDs-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 06:58:08 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 211945
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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-39
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
415 PM EDT MON JUNE 21 2004

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA
   WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
  EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
  /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...
         OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS
   AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JAMES E. LEE
         CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER
         SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR NON-WEATHER
RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS TRANSMITTED ON
NOAAPORT...NWWS...EMWIN...AND FAMILY OF SERVICES...
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 8 2004.

ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 2004 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...ALL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES WILL CHANGE THE AWIPS
IDENTIFIERS FOR MOST NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS.  THE WMO
HEADINGS OF NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
CEMXXX /WHERE XXX IS THE IDENTIFIER OF THE TRANSMITTING NWS OFFICE/ IS CURRENTLY
THE ONLY AWIPS IDENTIFIER USED IN ALL WOUSII CCCC PRODUCTS IN THE CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES...WOAKII CCCC PRODUCTS IN ALASKA AND WOHW40 PHFO AND WOMY40 PGUM
IN THE PACIFIC AREA.  ON SEPTEMBER 8 2004 THE FOLLOWING AWIPS IDENIFIER PRODUCT
CATEGORIES WILL BE AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN EACH OF THE PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED BY THE
WMO HEADINGS DESCRIBED ABOVE...

AWIPS ID     MND Product Type Line

ADR          Administrative Message
AVA          Avalanche Watch
AVW          Avalanche Warning
CAE          Child Abduction Emergency
CDW          Civil Danger Warning
CEM          Civil Emergency Message
EQW          Earthquake Warning
EVI          Evacuation Immediate
FRW          Fire Warning
HMW          Hazardous Materials Warning
LEW          Law Enforcement Warning
LAE          Local Area Emergency
TOE          911 Telephone Outage Emergency
NUW          Nuclear Power Plant Warning
RHW          Radiological Hazard Warning
SPW          Shelter In Place Warning
VOW          Volcano Warning

CEMXXX WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED AS THE AWIPS IDENTIFIER FOR CIVIL EMERGENCY
MESSAGES.

THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE CURRENT AND NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR NON-
WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE IN USE BEGINNING SEPTEMBER
8 2004 IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/dissemination/NewEAS-Messages.pdf

NWS CUSTOMERS WHO USE AWIPS IDENTIFIERS TO PROCESS NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY
TEXT PRODUCTS MAY NEED TO ADJUST THEIR PROCESSING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW AWIPS
IDENTIFERS.

NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE ORIGINATED BY LOCAL...STATE OR
FEDERAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND AT THEIR REQUEST MAY BE RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN NON-WEATHER RELATED TEXT PRODUCTS...OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO
/NWR/ AND THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM /EAS/. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOES
NOT INITIATE NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES.  NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518
INCLUDES THIS PRODUCT/S PRODUCT SPECIFICATION.  NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 APPENDIX
C DEFINES CONTENT GUIDELINES FOR EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TYPE.

NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AFTER JUNE 25 AT /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives

CLICK ON 10-OPERATIONS AND SERVICES...AND THEN SCROLL DOWN AND
CLICK ON 10-518 NATIONAL NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY PRODUCTS
SPECIFICATION.

A RELATED SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE SCN 04-10/ WAS ISSUED MARCH 3 2004 REGARDING NWS
IMPLEMENTATION OF EAS EVENT CODES AND AREA MESSAGE ENCODING /SAME/ CODES ON NWR
AND EAS... EFFECTIVE JUNE 30 2004.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/nws_eas.htm

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR
NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY TEXT PRODUCTS OR THE NWS
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW EAS/SAME CODES...CONTACT:

 HERB WHITE                          MARK TEW
 DISSEMINATION SERVICES       OR     PUBLIC WEATHER WARNING
   MANAGER                             PROGRAM MANAGER
 SILVER SPRING MARYLAND              SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
 PHONE:   301-713-0090 X 146         301-713-1867 X 103
 E-MAIL:  HERBERT.WHITE@xxxxxxxx     MARK.TEW@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm

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