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NOUS41 KWBC 071850 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 251 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2007TO: 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/ PARTNERS AND USERS...
NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF STORM-BASED WARNINGS
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 2007
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 2007...NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/
WILL BE TAKING A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THE NWS WARNING PROGRAM
BY IMPLEMENTING STORM-BASED WARNINGS FOR TORNADO...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...FLOOD...AND MARINE HAZARD WARNINGS.
STORM-BASED WARNINGS WILL PROMOTE IMPROVED GRAPHICAL WARNING DISPLAYS...AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR...SUPPORT A WIDER DISTRIBUTION OF WARNINGS THROUGH CELL PHONE ALERTS...
PAGERS...WEB-ENABLED PERSONAL DATA ASSISTANTS /PDAS/...ETC.A STORM-BASED WARNING MEANS THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA UNDER WARNING IS THE AREA DEFINED BY THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE PAIRS LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WARNING PRODUCT. THE LIST OF COUNTIES AND PARISHES IMPACTED BY THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED IN THE CURRENT FORMAT TO SUPPORT THOSE USERS THAT DO NOT HAVE GRAPHICAL DEPICTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING NOAA WEATHER RADIO LISTENERS. MORE DETAILED STORM-BASED WARNING INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE NWS WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SBWARNINGSNWS WILL USE THE STORM-BASED WARNING SERVICE IN THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS:
TORNADO WARNINGS /TOR/ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS /SVR/ SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS /SMW/FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS /FFW/ EXTREME WIND WARNINGS /EWW/
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS /SVS/FLASH FLOOD STATEMENTS /FFS/ MARINE WEATHER STATEMENTS /MWS/
AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS /FLW/ AREAL FLOOD ADVISORIES AND AREAL FLOOD STATEMENTS /FLS/THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE PRODUCT FORMATS...ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ IDENTIFIERS...WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADINGS OR PRODUCT ISSUANCE TIMES. PREVIOUSLY AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF TRACKING CODE WAS ADDED TO THESE WARNING PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT THE STORM-BASED WARNING SERVICE. THIS TIME...MOT...LOC /TML/ LINE IS DESCRIBED IN SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-23 /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/SCN07-23TRCKG_WRNG.TXTTHIS TML CHANGE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT UPDATE TO NWS INSTRUCTION /NWSI/ 10-511...WFO SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTS SPECIFICATION.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: JOHN FERREE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH 120 DAVID L. BOREN BLVD SUITE 2312 NORMAN OK 73072 PHONE: 405-325-2209 EMAIL: JOHN.T.FERREE@xxxxxxxxTHIS NOTICE AND OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN -- Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Community Services, Unidata University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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