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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
920 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
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...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THOMAS GRAZIANO
ACTING CHIEF...HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION
OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF VTEC IN WEATHER FORECAST
OFFICE /WFO/ FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR FORECAST POINTS:
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 18 2006
REFER TO: SCN 06-10 TRANSMITTED FEBRUARY 14 2006EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18 2006 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...PENDING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED RISK REDUCTION ACTIVITY AND A SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION /OTE/...VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL IN THE FOLLOWING WFO PRODUCTS:
FLOOD WARNING FOR FORECAST POINTS /FLW/ FLOOD STATEMENT - FOLLOW UP FLOOD WARNING FOR FORECAST POINTS /FLS/ FLOOD ADVISORY FOR FORECAST POINTS /FLS/ FLOOD WATCH FOR FORECAST POINTS /FFA/AS DESCRIBED IN PREVIOUS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES...THESE PRODUCTS WILL UNDERGO SEVERAL CHANGES. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
1. A BULLETED...ONE FORECAST POINT PER SEGMENT FORMAT WILL BE USED...WITH EACH SEGMENT ENDING WITH A DOUBLE DOLLAR SIGN.
2. EACH SEGMENT WILL HAVE ITS OWN UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE/S/ /UGC/ LISTED WITH THE ASSOCIATED FORECAST POINT. THE SAME UGC COULD OCCUR IN MULTIPLE SEGMENTS IF A COUNTY HAS MORE THAN ONE FORECAST POINT.
3. EACH SEGMENT WILL HAVE ITS OWN VTEC FOLLOWING THE UGC.EXAMPLES OF HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS WITH THE NEW FORMATS AND VTEC CAN BE FOUND IN THE PENDING VERSION OF NWS MANUAL 10-923...WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE UNTIL JULY 11 2006 AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01009023PEND.PDF
ON JULY 11...THE PENDING VERSION OF NWS MANUAL 10-923 WILL BECOME
OFFICIAL AND THEN ITS URL WILL BE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01009023CURR.PDF
PROCEDURES ON THE CONTENT...FORMAT...AND APPLICATION OF VTEC IN
HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE PENDING VERSION OF NWS
INSTRUCTION 10-922...WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE UNTIL JULY 11 2006
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01009022PEND.PDF
ON JULY 11...THE PENDING VERSION OF NWS INSTRUCTION 10-922 WILL
BECOME OFFICIAL AND THEN ITS URL WILL BE /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01009022CURR.PDF
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON VTEC CAN BE FOUND AT THE VTEC WEB SITE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/VTEC
THE LATEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON HYDROLOGIC VTEC...INCLUDING
SOME NEW TRAINING MATERIALS FOR USERS OF NWS HYDROLOGIC
PRODUCTS...NWS LOCATION IDENTIFIER INFORMATION...AND SCHEDULES
FOR RISK REDUCTION... OTE...AND OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION WILL
BE POSTED AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/VTEC/HYDRO_VTEC.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
TOM DONALDSON
WFO SERVICES PROGRAM LEADER
SILVER SPRING MD
PHONE: 301-713-0006 EXT. 173
E-MAIL: THOMAS.DONALDSON@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM/
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Community Services, Unidata
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