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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
215 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 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 IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF NEW FORMAT OF WINTER STORM AND
NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER WARNINGS FOR MOST OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SITES WITH MINOR UPDATE OF THE
NEW FORMAT...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 15 1998
***IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATIONS MANUAL LETTER 4-98 OCT 15 1998***
FOR NWS OFFICES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE OFFICES
***UPDATE TO SEGMENTED STYLE FORMAT***
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ RELEASED A PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENT ON MAY 15 1998 DELAYING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW
SEGMENTED STYLE FORMAT FOR WINTER STORM AND NON-PRECIPITATION
WEATHER HAZARD MESSAGES. THE NWS HAS NOW SET AN EFFECTIVE DATE
OF OCTOBER 15 1998 AT 0800 AM EDT... 1200 UNIVERSAL TIME
COORDINATES /UTC/ WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE OFFICES THAT WILL
IMPLEMENT THE NEW FORMAT AT A LATER DATE THIS FALL/WINTER. THOSE
NWS OFFICES PLANNING A LATER IMPLEMENTATION ARE TULSA /TSA/ AND
OKLAHOMA CITY /OUN/ OK... AND DENVER/BOULDER /BOU/ CO.
SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF OML 4-98...THE NEW SEGMENTED STYLE FORMAT
HAS BEEN UPDATED /SEE UPDATED FORMAT BELOW/. THE DATE TIME GROUP
IN EACH INDIVIDUAL SEGMENT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED /PAGE 5... SECTION
VIII - GENERIC WSW/NPW PRODUCT FORMAT/.
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UPDATED GENERIC WSW/NPW PRODUCT FORMAT - AUGUST 1998
CCCNPWXXX /OR CCCWSWXXX/
TTAA00 KCCC DDHHMM
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE /OR WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NAME ST
HHMM AM/PM LT DAY MTH DD YYYY
...OVERVIEW HEADLINE... /OPTIONAL/
.OVERVIEW WITH GENERAL INFORMATION /OPTIONAL/
STZXXX-XXX-XXX-DDHHMM-
COUNTIES INCLUDED-
CITIES INCLUDED- /OPTIONAL BY REGION OR AREAL DESCRIPTORS/
...HEADLINE TEXT...
TEXT
$$
STZXXX-XXX-DDHHMM-
COUNTIES INCLUDED-
CITIES INCLUDED- /OPTIONAL BY REGION OR AREAL DESCRIPTOR/
...HEADLINE TEXT...
TEXT
$$
ETC.
SURNAME /OPTIONAL/
........................
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
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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