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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
945 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 1998
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...INTEGRATED
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW FORMAT OF WINTER STORM
AND NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RELEASED A PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENT ON MARCH 25 1998 INDICATING A NEW FORMAT WOULD BE USED
FOR WINTER STORM AND NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER HAZARD MESSAGES.
THE CHANGES WERE TO TAKE EFFECT BEGINNING JUNE 2 1998 AT 0800 AM
EDT / 1200 UNIVERSAL TIME COORDINATES /UTC/. THIS IMPLEMENTATION
DATE HAS BEEN DELAYED. WE WILL ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW
FORMAT IN THE FALL OF 1998. A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED ONCE IT
IS DETERMINED. UNTIL THEN...ALL WSW/NPW PRODUCTS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE WRITTEN IN THE CURRENT PARAGRAPH STYLE FORMAT.
THE SEGMENTED STYLE FORMAT THAT WILL BE USED IN THE FUTURE WILL
LOOK MUCH LIKE THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FORMAT WITH EACH
GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENT DEFINED BY UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/
STRINGS.
........................
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS...PLEASE CONTACT
JANNIE L. GIBSON
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY W/OM12
1325 EAST WEST HWY... SSMC2
SILVER SPRING MD 20910
PH. 301-713-1726 EXT. 149
...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY/S HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION. THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTIFICATION SECTION
/IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/ IS
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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