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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-04
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1014 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT /HLS/:
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008
REFER TO: SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE /SCN/ 08-05: TRANSMITTED
FEB 5 2008
BEGINNING JUNE 1 2008... THE FORMAT OF THE HLS WILL CHANGE AS
FOLLOWS IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
USER COMMUNITY FOR A MORE AUTOMATED DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCT.
1. THE HLS WILL BECOME A SEGMENTED PRODUCT. 2. THE HLS WILL IMPLEMENT VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ AND USE THE FOLLOWING FIVE VTEC PHENOMENA CODES. NEW EVENT NAMES FOR 2008 ARE ASTERISKED AND FURTHER DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 3. EVENT NAME PHENOMENA CODE TROPICAL STORM TR HURRICANE HU TROPICAL STORM WIND* TI HURRICANE WIND* HI TYPHOON TY3. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE WATCHES/WARNINGS FOR INLAND AREAS WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED USING THE NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING /NPW/ PRODUCTS...REFERENCE SCN NOTICE 08-05 DATED FEB 5 2008. THE FORMER /INLAND TROPICAL STORM/ AND /INLAND HURRICANE/ EVENT NAMES WILL BE RENAMED...TO /TROPICAL STORM WIND/ AND /HURRICANE WIND/ EVENTS...AND WILL BE ISSUED USING THE HLS. /TROPICAL STORM WIND/ OR /HURRICANE WIND/ EVENT NAMES WILL BE USED WHEN TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SPREAD INLAND.
4. IN SUMMARY EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2008 ALL TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE HLS.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE HLS PRODUCT AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW FORMAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/HURRICANE/PDFS/HLS.PDFTHERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AWIPS IDENTIFIERS...WMO PRODUCT HEADINGS OR PRODUCT ISSUANCE TIMES...FOR THE HLS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: SCOTT KISER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH 1325 EAST WEST HWY ROOM 13126 SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910 PHONE: 301-713-1677 EXTENSION 121THIS AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF/HTM
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