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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-22 PART 1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
455 PM EDT MON APR 30 2001
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...
NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: GLENN AUSTIN
CHIEF... HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: NEW PRODUCT...A DAILY RIVER AND LAKE SUMMARY
FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...EFFECTIVE MAY 30 2001
...THIS IS PART ONE OF A TWO PART MESSAGE. PART TWO WILL BE SENT
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MESSAGE...
BY WEDNESDAY MAY 30 2001...ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
FORECAST OFFICES WITH DAILY RIVER FORECAST POINTS IN THEIR AREA
WILL HAVE BEGUN ISSUING A STANDARDIZED DAILY RIVER AND LAKE
SUMMARY. THE NEW PRODUCT FACILITATES AUTOMATED COMPUTER
PROCESSING WHILE MAINTAINING READABILITY. THIS IS THE FIRST
PRODUCT IN THE SUITE OF HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS TO BE STANDARDIZED IN
CONTENT AND FORMAT. THOSE CHANGES WILL BE PRECEDED WITH SERVICE
CHANGE NOTICES SUCH AS THIS ONE.
THE DAILY RIVER AND LAKE SUMMARY PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED USING THE
STANDARD HYDROLOGIC EXCHANGE FORMAT /SHEF/...AND WILL INCLUDE
THE STATION NAME...NWS STATION IDENTIFIER...FLOOD STAGE IF
APPROPRIATE...TODAYS RIVER READING OR LAKE STAGE...THE CHANGE
IN THE LEVELS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...AND A DAILY FORECAST. TO
MEET LOCAL CUSTOMER NEEDS...SOME NWS OFFICES WILL INCLUDE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...SUCH AS...RIVER FORECASTS OUT TO
5 DAYS...PRECIPITATION DATA...AND RIVER DATA FROM NON-FORECAST
LOCATIONS AROUND THEIR AREA.
THE COUNTY CODE FORMAT OF THE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/
SHALL BE USED IN THE NEW RIVER AND LAKE SUMMARY. THE GENERIC
FORMAT OF THE WMO HEADING WILL BE FGUSII KCCC AND THE
NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER WILL BE CCCRVDCCC. A SPECIFIC LIST
OF WMO HEADERS...AWIPS IDENTIFIERS...AND NINE-CHARACTER PILS FOR
THE NEW RVD PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT IN PART 2 OF THIS MESSAGE.
CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THESE NEW PRODUCTS SHOULD CHECK
THEIR DATABASES AND MAKE ANY CHANGES NEEDED TO RECEIVE THIS
PRODUCT.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DAILY RIVER AND LAKE
SUMMARY...
EXAMPLE:
FGUS41 KLWX 021712
RVDWBC
MDC001>002-009-DCC001-021705-
DAILY RIVER AND LAKE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE - WASHINGTON
1211 PM EST THU MAR 01 2001
.B WBC 0301 DC01030112 DH12/HG/DRH+24/HGIFF
: STATION FLOOD 7AM 24-HR 7AM
: ID NAME STAGE STAGE CHANGE FORECAST
: FRI
:POTOMAC RIVER
HPFW2 :HARPERS FERRY 18.0: 11.44/: 0.22: 11.40 /
BRKM2 :LITTLE FALLS 10.0: 3.71/: 0.04: 3.70 /
END OF EXAMPLE
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT... PLEASE
CALL YOUR LOCAL NWS OFFICE OR ROGER PIERCE... HYDROLOGIC SERVICES
PROGRAM MANAGER AT NWS HEADQUARTERS... SILVER SPRING MD AT
301-713-0006...EXT 151.
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
END OF PART ONE
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