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PNSWSHSERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 10-30 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 905 AM EDT THU JUN 10 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
- FAMILY OF SERVICES
- NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
- EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
- OTHER NWS PARTNERS AND USERS
- NWS EMPLOYEES
- USERS OF TSUNAMI PRODUCTS
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CANADIAN UGC CODES IN NWS TSUNAMI /TSU/ PRODUCTSEFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 9 2010 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9 2010 AT 1800 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...OR 1000 AM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME /PST/ THE NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER /WC/ATWC/ IN PALMER ALASKA WILL OPERATIONALLY IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGCS/ IN CANADA FOR SEVERAL DOMESTIC TSUNAMI /TSU/ PRODUCTS. IF NOVEMBER 9 IS DECLARED A NATIONAL CRITICAL WEATHER DAY OR THERE IS AN ONGOING OR POTENTIAL TSUNAMI EVENT AT THE SCHEDULED EFFECTIVE TIME...IMPLEMENTATION WILL OCCUR ON THE NEXT WEEKDAY NOT DECLARED A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY. UGCS DESCRIBE THE AFFECTED GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE EVENT AND INCLUDES A PRODUCT EXPIRATION TIME. UGCS ARE PROVIDED FOR UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES. THE U.S. METHOD OF ASSIGNING UGCS WILL EXTEND TO CANADIAN AREAS TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE FOR TSUNAMI WATCH... WARNING... AND ADVISORY PRODUCTS...AND ALLOW MESSAGES TO BE AUTOMATICALLY INGESTED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT CANADA WEATHER OFFICE DISSEMINATION SYSTEM. TABLE 1 BELOW DESCRIBES THE NWS TSUNAMI /TSU/ PRODUCTS THAT WILL CONTAIN THE CANADIAN UGCS.
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID ISSUING CENTER TSUNAMI MESSAGE WEPA41 PAAQ TSUWCA WC/ATWC TSUNAMI MESSAGE WEXX20 PAAQ TSUAT1 WC/ATWCEXAMPLES OF CANADIAN UGCS IN TSUNAMI PRODUCTS ARE ONLINE AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES /USE LOWERCASE/: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATIONS/RESOURCES/E_COAST.PDF AND WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATIONS/RESOURCES/W_COAST.PDF
THE CANADIAN UGCS ARE DERIVED FROM THE CANADIAN LOCATION CODES /CLCS/ CURRENTLY USED FOR THE CANADIAN WEATHER RADIO NETWORK.
CANADIAN TSUNAMI ZONE TO UGC CONVERSION TABLE IS ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATIONS/RESOURCES/CNDN_TSU. PDF CUSTOMERS WHO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS IN TABLE 1 SHOULD ADD THE ZONES AND UGCS LISTED IN THE CANADIAN TSUNAMI ZONE TO THEIR UGC TABLE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PROCESSING THE PRODUCTS IN TABLE 1.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
PAUL WHITMORE DIRECTOR WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER 910 SOUTH FELTON STREET PALMER ALASKA 99645907-745-4212 PAUL.WHITMORE@xxxxxxxx
JENIFER RHOADES NATIONAL TSUNAMI PROGRAM MANAGER 1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910 301-713-1677 X 102 JENIFER.RHOADES@xxxxxxxx NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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