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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-18 COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
510 PM EDT WED APR 25 2001
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND
NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES E. LEE
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION AND TESTING OF THE WATCH COUNTY
NOTIFICATION MESSAGE FROM JUNE 26 TO AUGUST 24 2001 AT
THE GLASGOW MT...BILLINGS MT...MISSOULA MT...GRAND
RAPIDS MI...NASHVILLE TN...BUFFALO NY...AND CARIBOU ME
FORECAST OFFICES
...CORRECTED E-MAIL ADDRESSES AT END OF MESSAGE FOR STEPHAN KUHL
AND DERREL MARTIN...
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JUNE 26 2001 AT 8 A.M. LOCAL TIME.../1200 UTC
IN THE EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME ZONE...1300 UTC IN THE CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME ZONE...1400 UTC IN THE MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME
ZONE/...SEVEN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES WILL
BEGIN SENDING TEST WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGES /WCN...SEE
TABLE ONE BELOW/. THE SEVEN NWS FORECAST OFFICES ARE:
GLASGOW MT...BILLINGS MT...MISSOULA MT...GRAND RAPIDS MI...
NASHVILLE TN...BUFFALO NY...AND CARIBOU ME. THE WCN MESSAGES
WILL CONVEY STATUS INFORMATION /I.E. WHICH COUNTIES ARE IN OR ARE
BEING CLEARED FROM/ FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES IN
EACH OFFICE/S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. THIS TEST WILL END AT
8 A.M. LOCAL TIME FRIDAY AUGUST 24 2001.
TABLE 1: TEST WATCH MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE FOLLOWING
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS:
NWS OFFICE WMO ID AWIPS ID PIL IDENTIFIER
GLASGOW MT WWUS65 KGGW WCNGGW GTFWCNGGW
BILLINGS MT WWUS65 KBYZ WCNBYZ GTFWCNBYZ
MISSOULA MT WWUS65 KMSO WCNMSO GTFWCNMSO
GRAND RAPIDS MI WWUS63 KGRR WCNGRR ARBWCNGRR
NASHVILLE TN WWUS64 KOHX WCNOHX MEMWCNOHX
BUFFALO NY WWUS61 KBUF WCNBUF BUFWCNBUF
CARIBOU ME WWUS61 KCAR WCNCAR PWMWCNCAR
/END OF TABLE 1/
THE TEST WILL ALLOW THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO ENSURE THAT
THE PROGRAMS WHICH CREATE THE WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION RUN
CORRECTLY AND ALSO ALLOW EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS TO
DETERMINE WAYS TO UTILIZE THE WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGES
IN THEIR DISSEMINATION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS. EXISTING
OPERATIONAL WATCH MESSAGES /I.E. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS/ FROM
EACH OFFICE WILL CONTINUE DURING THIS TEST PERIOD. THE TEST
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED IF BACKUP
SUPPORT FROM ANOTHER NWS OFFICE IS REQUIRED DURING THIS TEST
PERIOD.
THE WCN IS DESIGNED TO STREAMLINE WATCH INFORMATION FROM WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICES...SO IT WILL BE USED TO CONVEY THE INITIAL
ISSUANCE OF A CONVECTIVE WATCH...WHEN COUNTIES ARE BEING CLEARED
FROM A WATCH...OR WHEN WATCHES ARE BEING CANCELED OR REPLACED BY
NEW WATCHES.
THE WCN IS A SEGMENTED PRODUCT...WITH UNIQUE SEGMENTS FOR EACH
ACTION TAKEN DURING A WATCH. SEGMENTS SHOWING COUNTIES IN A
WATCH WILL BE SEPARATE FROM SEGMENTS DESCRIBING WHERE COUNTIES
ARE BEING CLEARED FROM A WATCH. EACH SEGMENT WILL HAVE A
CORRESPONDING VALID TIME EVENT CODE /VTEC/ STRING DESCRIBING THE
ACTIONS TAKEN IN THAT SEGMENT.
FOR A SUITE OF EXAMPLES SHOWING THE WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION
MESSAGES FOR EACH CONVECTIVE WATCH SITUATION...PLEASE SEE THE
INTERNET SITE /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WCN/WCNEX.PDF
FOR A DESCRIPTION OF VTEC AND ITS ELEMENTS...SEVERAL PRODUCT
EXAMPLES...AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS...PLEASE SEE THE INTERNET
SITE /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/VTEC/VTEC.PDF
CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE WATCH COUNTY MESSAGES DURING
THE TEST SHOULD ADD ONE OR MORE OF THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS
LISTED IN TABLE ONE TO YOUR DATABASES. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO
RECEIVE THE TEST WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION MESSAGES...NO SPECIFIC
ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED. FURTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES WILL BE
ISSUED ONCE A DECISION IS MADE TO MAKE THE WATCH COUNTY
NOTIFICATION MESSAGES OPERATIONAL.
EXAMPLE:
_________________________________________________________________
WWUS65 KGGW 261930
WCNGGW
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH #1002
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
130 PM MDT SUN 26 MAY 1998
MTC019-091-105-270100-
/CAN.KGGW.TO.A.1002.000000-270100/
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS
CLEARED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH #1002.
COUNTIES CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE:
IN MONTANA:
VALLEY DANIELS SHERIDAN
$$
MTC055-083-085-270100-
/CON.KGGW.TO.A.1002.000000-270100/
TORNADO WATCH #1002 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 700 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN MONTANA:
ROOSEVELT RICHLAND MCCONE
$$
/END OF EXAMPLE/
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF
THE METEOROLOGISTS IN CHARGE OR WARNING COORDINATION
METEOROLOGISTS BELOW:
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE: WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST:
JIM REA TANJA FRANSEN
GLASGOW MT GLASGOW MT
406-228-2850 406-228-2850
JAMES.REA@xxxxxxxx TANJA.FRANSEN@xxxxxxxx
KEITH MEIER STEPHAN KUHL
BILLINGS MT BILLINGS MT
406-652-0851 406-652-0851
KEITH.MEIER@xxxxxxxx STEPHAN.KUHL@xxxxxxxx
/CORRECTED E-MAIL/
KIMBERLY BAILEY PETER FELSCH
MISSOULA MT MISSOULA MT
406-329-4715 406-329-4715
KIMBERLY.BAILEY@xxxxxxxx PETER.FELSCH@xxxxxxxx
DAN HOUSER MIKE HEATHFIELD
GRAND RAPIDS MI GRAND RAPIDS MI
616-949-0643 616-956-5922
DANIEL.HOUSER@xxxxxxxx MIKE.HEATHFIELD@xxxxxxxx
DERREL MARTIN JERRY ORCHANIAN
NASHVILLE TN NASHVILLE TN
615-754-4633 615-754-4633
DERREL.MARTIN@xxxxxxxx JERRY.ORCHANIAN@xxxxxxxx
/CORRECTED E-MAIL/
GUY TUCKER STAN LEVINE
BUFFALO NY BUFFALO NY
716-565-0204 EXT.222 716-565-0204 EXT.223
GUY.TUCKER@xxxxxxxx STANLEY.LEVINE@xxxxxxxx
LARRY GABRIC HENDRICUS LULOFS
CARIBOU ME CARIBOU ME
207-496-0138 207-496-0139
LARRY.GABRIC@xxxxxxxx HENDRICUS.LULOFS@xxxxxxxx
...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE
LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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